Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] back by " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many made it onto land only to be turned back by some unforeseen ailment . |
| 2 | Twice he was found sleep-walking naked in the streets and had to be escorted back by police . |
| 3 | Features : rubber outer with rubber eyecaps — to be bent back by people who wear glasses . |
| 4 | A surge of people had to be thrust back by the Sellswords . |
| 5 | Every now and again rust pimples up , metallic lichen destined only to be beaten back by the lavish care and attention administered by Grant . |
| 6 | Sometimes they would drive off in their vehicle without the fieldworker , only to be called back by the sergeant after she made a complaint . |
| 7 | Russians made repeated attempts to break through the encircling enemy — only and always to be driven back by the murderous fire of Francois 's 1st Corps , which barred the line of retreat along the route by which they had earlier advanced . |
| 8 | According to reports most Venezuelans did not heed their call , although hundreds of civilians , some armed and hooded , marched towards the Miraflores palace to be driven back by tear gas . |
| 9 | This provided for $1,152 million in debt to be bought back by May 21 , at a secondary market rate of $0.16 per $1 , by purchases from a specially created International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) trust to which the IMF , the World Bank , the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) and the governments of the USA , Canada , Mexico , Venezuela , Taiwan and Holland had contributed . |
| 10 | F7,000 million of this was to be repaid over six years ( with a three-year grace period ) , while the remainder was to be paid back by the end of 1989 . |
| 11 | They hinted to all the women dependent on them in various ways that their shrill cries rendered them boring , humourless , sexually unappetising ; they talked of castration by these same women and wept and offered themselves as small soft snails out of their snailshells to be cosseted back by mummy into strength and pleasure-giving . |
| 12 | And she 's determined not to be held back by her condition . |
| 13 | The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating . |
| 14 | They were disinclined to be held back by the deliberations of a slow moving and ponderous Commission . |
| 15 | The children surged dogwards , with mingled shrieks of condolence and joy , only to be hurled back by my even higher-decibel commands not to venture o'er the noisome swamp , which I gallantly traversed to unwind the stupid restrainer from the poor dog 's jaws , wondering the while if he 'd take a justified revenge on the human race by biting me ; which he did n't . |
| 16 | Only to be thrown back by the magic of the fire in the tree , the tree spirit , herself , flickering through time , watching , watching for the clay-haired rider . |
| 17 | He stepped a yard onto the pitch to confront Mr Don and had to be shoved back by Gould . |