Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had come back from Grasmere the first thing he had done — despite George Wood 's vehement protests — was to pay back the loan and bring his hotel bill up to the mark . |
| 2 | The following sortie , on the 14/16th , was to bomb the synthetic oil plant at Merseburg-Leuna , diverting on its return to East Moor in Yorkshire along with other aircraft of the Squadron , returning back to base the following day . |
| 3 | The first sailing from the port after midnight on the New Year was taken as the official start of the Single Market ; the first piece of freight on board was actually an unidentified light van and trailer — the driver no doubt blissfully unaware that he had made history — which , along with several vehicles turning round from the inbound convoy , sneaked back on board the 01.00 return sailing of the Pride of Kent while the official welcoming party was still in progress at the other end of the port . |
| 4 | I was going back to London the next day ; the actor was staying on for another week . |
| 5 | We trudged around for an hour or so , unable to face the thought of lunch , and found another small hotel near Chamartin ( we were going back by train the next day by the last evening train ) . |
| 6 | Laura was sent for , and arrived back in London the following afternoon . |
| 7 | We arrived back in Gravesend the next morning having consumed a lot of diesel and patience . |
| 8 | ‘ The quicker you get back to Paris the better , Nessy , for all concerned . ’ |
| 9 | After the cruise , you will fly from Aswan to Cairo and overnight at the Cairo Marriott , flying back to London the following day . |
| 10 | However , as the now-famous story purports , the evening after Nation had instructed his agent to say no to the Doctor Who offer , he and Tony Hancock had a serious disagreement , resulting in the writer catching the first train back to London the following morning , with no work , and a central heating system in his flat to pay for . |
| 11 | And I had to go back to Norwich the next morning with a load . |
| 12 | Does he agree that the most effective action that could be taken to end homelessness would be if Labour-controlled London councils brought back into use the many thousands of empty homes under their control ? |
| 13 | During the winter months the tubers of tropical waterlilies can be stored in damp sand well away from frost and can be brought back into growth the following year — but it does pay to check them at regular intervals . |
| 14 | What he had done , he had done because he wanted to make some contribution , pay back to society the great debt he felt by being born to such privilege . |
| 15 | When do the kids , the kids go back to school the first week so if you go |
| 16 | Richard how far does the christening go back in church the baptismal book ? |
| 17 | Joe should have gone back to school the previous week but it was being used as an evacuation centre . |
| 18 | He exuded sympathy and concern , urged Amiss to take as much time off as he felt necessary , assured him he would be given sick pay and that his job would be secure , and only after a long argument agreed very reluctantly that he could come back on duty the following day . |
| 19 | On the other hand , Brighton was near enough to get back to London the same night , so that was n't really necessary . |
| 20 | They did n't even notice the smashed front lights and the vicious new welt on the Boomerang doorframe when I slinked back to Hire-A-Heap the following day . |
| 21 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |