Example sentences of "we were back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge . |
| 3 | Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi . |
| 4 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |
| 5 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 6 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 7 | We were back in the sultry heat of the valley . |
| 8 | At last we were back in the mountains . |
| 9 | We were back in the car with the heater on before you could say ‘ Who finished the soup ? ’ and another attempt was foiled . |
| 10 | It did n't last long because we were back in the boardroom by now , and he quickly got another glass of champagne into his clutches . |
| 11 | It was just like we were back in the cell , sitting down , having a chat and a roll-up . |
| 12 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 13 | As we drove back to Chelmsford we all wished we were back in the sunshine of southern Germany . |
| 14 | On the evening of the second day we were back in the flat near Long Bridge . |
| 15 | Nationalization was dead as far as I was concerned , we were back in the rat race . |