Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was easing her back with her hands , happy with the shoes near to completion , when young Will returned . |
| 2 | Now I was in a position to move on ; but something had taken root deeper than the superficialities of travelling — a feeling that my story was not here , that something was drawing me back to Peru . |
| 3 | The swing of the hurricane was bringing them back into the eye of the storm . |
| 4 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 5 | and erm she li she 's in Egham and her boyfriend came down and was driving her back to Sheffield and then driving back again here on Monday so she got a free journey home . |
| 6 | ‘ Ruggiero was driving her back from Rome late one night , and somehow the car left the road and ended up against a tree . |
| 7 | A harry torrent flooded through the opening and in no time at all the herd was legging it back to the high land in a wild stampede . |
| 8 | ‘ All he had to do was follow them back to the agency , come in as though wanting to book a holiday , and there was gullible little Hilary all ready and waiting to fall in love . |
| 9 | that he 'd got a form and he was fetching it back in this afternoon and they was handing it over this afternoon . |
| 10 | My wardrobe may not be as current these days , and I hardly saw a movie for a year and a half while I was getting myself back on my feet financially . |
| 11 | Well I was getting you back for one ! |
| 12 | The tricky bit was getting you back to where you belong — in the real world . ’ |
| 13 | Zak himself was calling everyone back into the dining room , saying they should all stay together until we reached Sudbury , which would be soon . |
| 14 | The worst he could do was take her back to Brides Haven . |
| 15 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 16 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 17 | She was working herself back into a rage . |
| 18 | All I did was turn me back for a minute and it was . |