Example sentences of "be back for a [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 . ’ |