Example sentences of "be back for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 2 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 3 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |
| 4 | It is n't known whether the South African Richard Snell will be back for a second year . |
| 5 | ‘ Hopefully , it will be back for a second series in September . |
| 6 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
| 7 | They said they 'd be back for a merry night , whatever that might mean . ’ |
| 8 | Crowther , 59 , hopes to be back for the new series next year , but wo n't be well enough for the show on January 2 . |
| 9 | ‘ Probably not , though I 'll be back for the following weekend . |
| 10 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 11 | The players , 21 from 28 of whom will be back for the coming season , will be the better for their teething experience ’ . |
| 12 | In fact , the proposed mass redundancy in and around the mining industry was probably the straw that broke the camel 's back for the British people . |
| 13 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |