Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the shepherd eventually limped back to civilisation and told his unlikely tale , the authorities located the treasure and imprisoned the shepherd for theft . |
| 2 | Brenda now switches back to Creole by completing her original sequence with the word she was missing , pronounced as in Creole : crablouse . |
| 3 | The director duly reported back to base camp that Douglas had rejected every concession he had made in order to get him to accept the part . |
| 4 | As other members of the pride moved in to share the meal , the remaining zebras in the herd at first startled by the drama quickly settled back to grazing . |
| 5 | WITH Britain 's economy just coming back to life , its car production rose by 7.7% last month to the highest March level for 19 years . |
| 6 | AN AILING 68-year-old Seattle woman miraculously came back to life after an emergency medical team who rushed to her home declared her dead and her cold body had been taken to a funeral home . |
| 7 | As the patrol , now unloaded and debriefed , relax over a mug of tea and a cigarette , the depot slowly comes back to life around them . |