Example sentences of "be [num] [noun pl] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're twice the size we were five years back . |
| 2 | There were two problems back then : first , collectors tend to have an inflated idea of the value of their work , and second , since they feared the IRS ( Inland Revenue Service ) would question any evaluation they gave , they overvalued everything , The IRS got to the point where , because of the abuses , it was prepared to recommend to Congress the abolition of the deduction for donations of works of art . |
| 3 | Here is now , left edge of the penalty area , moving towards the byline and doing well there to take it away from him but at the expense of a throw-in , that 's taken back to Alan , is twenty yards back from the byline and moving back out towards the touchline on the far side . |
| 4 | At 8.10 , cycle and motorcycle were ‘ neck-and-neck ’ ( I use the inverted commas advisedly ! ) at the Slateford aqueduct , while the car was 2 miles back , in Juniper Green ; the bus ( travelling by a different route ) had reached Craiglockhart ; and the train contestant was still waiting at Curriehill station . |
| 5 | Off The Bru , a 200–1 chance , was six lengths back in third , with Gee Armytage , on her father 's Merry Master , fourth . |
| 6 | Full moon was three days back . |