Example sentences of "[was/were] back [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashley were back to winning ways , bowling Prestbury out for 120 and scoring the runs for the loss of two wickets with Steve Tyrell hitting 82no . |
| 2 | Once her feet were back on firm ground she said she had thoroughly enjoyed the trip , which took her over Romsey town centre , the Broadlands Estate and her own home in North Baddesley . |
| 3 | ‘ What would you have done if I 'd gone down ? ’ he asked when we were back on level ground . |
| 4 | Almondsbury were back on level terms two minutes after the break when Storey was allowed to centre , and although Tony Price cleared off the line , it was followed up by another player to hammer in . |
| 5 | I sometimes think that if we were back in biblical days and John the Baptist was running around looking for a wilderness he would n't go to the desert he would come to Creggan ! |
| 6 | Not long after that they were back in each other 's arms . |
| 7 | It was as if I were back in Roman times . |
| 8 | Three patients who had been receiving specialist care were back in ordinary wards last night after the unit closed . |
| 9 | The French were back in 6th place and the applause died as they crossed the line . |
| 10 | The Messerschmitts were back in full cry early on 1 May , attacking Hurricanes over the Hal Far area . |
| 11 | With a defective engine , little fuel and no instruments , the pilot decided to land , imagining that he was back over British-held territory . |
| 12 | Chief among these measures had been the control of inflation which was reduced to 3 per cent per month in April but was back into double figures by the end of the year , rising to 20 per cent per month in January 1991 . |
| 13 | There was a marketing push in December that took it to third spot but by January the Escort was back to fifth position , behind even the aged Vauxhall Astra . |
| 14 | I was back to that school chapel with the chaplain doing his Goddest to get me to sign on the dotted line and hand over my soul . |
| 15 | In this year the course was back to full length and the closure of Peppard helped swell the membership , especially of the Artisans . |
| 16 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 17 | Her father had run out of the shop and now he was back with two lollipops . |
| 18 | A minute later , when she 'd got control of herself , Drew was back with another glass of vodka and orange . |
| 19 | IN May 1973 Vic Halom was in the Sunderland football team that won , wonderfully , the FA Cup ; on Tuesday evening he was back at raucous Roker Park , canvassing for votes . |
| 20 | Crewe finished the first half the stronger and were possibly unlucky not to go in with a lead , the Leeds defense was looking fragile ( Fairclough was back at central def. — agghhhh ) , the midfield ( esp . |
| 21 | PATRICK was back at Royal St. George 's in time to see the last couples finish their rounds . |
| 22 | By Monday , he was back at head office orchestrating the move . |
| 23 | The next morning Martha was back at Misselthwaite Manor , and told Mary all about her day with her family . |
| 24 | Yvonne Bell 's charge hit trouble when finishing second in his heat , but was back in sparkling form charging through on the last bend to win the track final by 2 9 lengths at generous odds of 6–4 . |
| 25 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 26 | Senna was back in ninth place in the warm-up on his home circuit , after clocking 1–21.146 , while Berger , of Austria , was 16th . |
| 27 | And suddenly she was back in that embrace in the water . |
| 28 | Miss Honey got to her feet and walked smartly out of the room , but was back in thirty seconds carrying a thick book . |
| 29 | Five men worked five days a week for eight months until the interior was back in good order . |
| 30 | His hip turn had been the problem but , by yesterday , as he had a trial spin with John O'Leary , he was confident that it was back in good working order . |