Example sentences of "[was/were] back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Widnes were back to a full complement of players by the time Tony Thorniley scored Warrington 's second , again from an inspired Mackey pass , but the visitors were powerless to prevent the centre reaching the line from 25 yards .
2 Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth .
3 The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority .
4 Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat .
5 They were back on the broad but darkened thoroughfare of Holborn .
6 He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc .
7 in the fifties the team won the marathon race five times … they were back on the winning trail in 88 and again in 90 …
8 They were back in a narrow country road and there were powerful lights behind them .
9 ‘ You have a lot of Asians and Caribbeans working in the foundry , but not so many in the other part , ’ Robyn observed , when they were back in the peaceful calm and comparative luxury of Wilcox 's office .
10 He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room .
11 They were back in the Chinese room Sara once more tried to guess whether anything was missing .
12 We were back in the sultry heat of the valley .
13 He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out .
14 After just half an hour in the pool , it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office .
15 Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness .
16 His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart .
17 After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly .
18 But , undaunted , FitzGerald was back on the right track again last Saturday sending Trainglot out to easily win the £20,000 Tote Jackpot Hurdle at Sandown Park to add to the remarkable haul so far this year .
19 That famous stain was back on the front steps .
20 After 1945 productivity growth soared to as much as 4% a year , but by the mid-1970s it was back on the historical , 2% , trendline .
21 The third race , for the Campkin Cup , was back on the open sea in light conditions .
22 The hour winged past and it seemed no time at all before I was back on the top road waiting in the gathering darkness for the Scarborough bus .
23 In a moment or two he was back with a warm bulb .
24 Growth was back at a remarkable six per cent in 1968 , inflation remained low and the budget was in healthy surplus by 1969 .
25 Now he was back at the sharp end .
26 All she knew was that she was back at the closed door with a tray , wondering what Harold and Felicity might be doing on the other side .
27 BOGUS aristocrat Rosemary Aberdour was back at the Old Bailey yesterday in danger of having her sentence for stealing £2.7 million from a hospital charity increased .
28 He was back at the open unit on 9 June 1991 , but the following day he absconded again and this time was absent for 94 days .
29 Very soon he had retraced his steps and was back at the wooden chalet .
30 that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich .
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