Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to get back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 2 | As soon as lunch was over , Mr Evans was fidgeting to get back to the shop . |
| 3 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 4 | That would be the end of any engagements elsewhere , just when he was beginning to get back on the international circuit . |
| 5 | It was only last summer that she was allowed to get back in the swing . |
| 6 | The Fire was started to get back at a prisoner who had refused to take part in a food boycott . |