Sentence examples for we were backed from inspiring English sources
We were backed into a corner.
We were backed by the director general, Michael Checkland, and the governors.
We moved to the dark coffee station when tables were being set up, until finally we were backed up against the ladies' room.
(Yes, I admit, we both used to call questionable shots out when we were backed into a corner, and we used to fudge the score if we could, both of us).
In this case we were backed by the council and yet negotiations are at a stalemate". The pessimistic view is that breweries such as Brakspear have a vested interest in letting country pubs decay and then selling them off to a property developer because, on the open market, potential houses fetch more than abandoned pubs.
I recall a former army intelligence officer saying to me: "The British boasted to the Americans about how they had fought successful guerrilla wars in Malaysia and Northern Ireland, but in both those places we were backed by the majority of the population.
We're backed in a corner.
"We are backing business.
"We're backing ourselves.
"We're backing it for two reasons.
