Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible to hold back the enthusiasm of the church in its infancy . |
| 2 | Then he was able to lift back a flap of skin each side of the incision and get to the extra body fluid that had collected around my wrist . |
| 3 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |
| 4 | Even in the earlier period , however , it was difficult to hold back the commercial urges of line managers , though some marketing effort was initially canalised into the job of discouraging the sale of electric fires or persuading people to go carefully in the use of electricity at peak times . |
| 5 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |