Example sentences of "they [was/were] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 2 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 3 | The Greeks did very little during the winter because of bad weather but each spring they were back on the water , checking that everything was nautika or boatworthy . |
| 4 | They were amber as she swung the car round to the right and through them , heading down a side street , taking another right then another until they were back on the street where they 'd started . |
| 5 | They were back on the broad but darkened thoroughfare of Holborn . |
| 6 | He definitely would n't kiss her now that they were back on this joking footing again . |
| 7 | in the fifties the team won the marathon race five times … they were back on the winning trail in 88 and again in 90 … |
| 8 | Once they were back on the train there was yet more waving of handkerchiefs from pin-hatted ladies who would remain spinsters for the rest of their lives . |
| 9 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 10 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 11 | They were back at Mrs Parvis 's just in time for the evening meal . |
| 12 | Claire asked her father one evening when they were back at Riverstown , after a long wet day and a huge hunting tea . |
| 13 | As soon as they were back at the auberge , Iris vanished into their minuscule en suite bathroom . |
| 14 | Maxim said nothing more until they were back at the inn . |
| 15 | In the small hours of the next morning , when they were back at La Gracieuse , after dancing her feet raw with Sam , with Rodet , and with half of Normandy , she told John what had happened and how it had come about . |
| 16 | When she surfaced it was to find that they were back at Piazzale Roma , the big square thronging as usual . |
| 17 | She realised they were back at her application form . |
| 18 | When the Oxford players ran on the pitch , they must have felt they were back at the Manor so warm was the welcome . |
| 19 | ‘ Ju , ’ Anne realised they were back to their little kid names now , ‘ Ju , I do n't really think it matters any more . ’ |
| 20 | Since 1984 the relative incomes of workers in the non-productive sector have been allowed to recover ; and by 1987 they were back to the position which they occupied in 1979 . |
| 21 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 22 | And now they were back to one of their major problems , she thought a little grimly . |
| 23 | They were back to square one . |
| 24 | Now they were back among the sodium , passing yellow pre-war flats — Keeps , Courts , and Mansionses , with yellow gables and yellow weatherboarding . |
| 25 | ‘ Get in touch with Hearne , ’ he told Sister Cooney , when they were back in the office . |
| 26 | When they were back in the office again , Sister Cooney drew the matter down . |
| 27 | Not long after that they were back in each other 's arms . |
| 28 | Beyond the mill race , what once used to be a pool , with depths of 10 feet of water , a glistening of rainwater on the dried bed enticed two swans to think they were back in business . |
| 29 | Now they were back in the Lowlands again , once more bound to the rivet-gun and the crane , the furnace and the foundry . |
| 30 | They were back in Nottingham again on 29 July , making further enquiries . |