Example sentences of "that was [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just a casual phrase that was tossed back and forth between acquaintances , and meant nothing — only she did n't want it to mean nothing . |
| 2 | She wore spectacles and had fine auburn hair that was swept back untidily into a bun . |
| 3 | The dismantling of the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the creation of an archaeological park is an idea that was floated back in the days of Napoleonic occupation . |
| 4 | Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time . |
| 5 | And it 's all a situation that was predicted back in nineteen eighty eight when the government cut benefits for sixteen and seventeen year olds . |
| 6 | Lamb allowed too much for the ball going across him , and dragged one that was coming back off the pitch onto his leg stump from side off . |
| 7 | But one of the great ironies of the second world war was that the freedom and democracy that was won back in Western Europe was largely paid for by the blood of Russians . |
| 8 | Sarajevo radio broadcast a dramatic appeal from civilians trapped in the besieged eastern Bosnian town of Cerska , which had been the destination of a UN relief convoy that was ordered back to base after the aid suspension . |