Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] [art] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unhappy there but , determined not to slip back into the pits where his grandfather had wielded a pick , worked hard and won scholarships both to Jesus College , Oxford , and the University College of Aberystwyth . |
| 2 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 3 | When Kāli came back with the cows only minutes later , she was caught in the full force of the downpour . |
| 4 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
| 5 | People did broadcasts , and if they wrote books , or gave talks on books , these books were all to be found in the BBC Library , along with a fine technical collection and an unrivalled political section , dating back to the days when Guy Burgess ran their first Parliamentary programmes . |
| 6 | After violent storms the haul will often include valuable items dating back to the days when drowned sailors on the local beach was commonplace . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , Taiwan has a Portuguese connection dating back to the days when it was Formosa , but you wo n't have found any opportunity to air it these days . |
| 8 | Frye had moved back to the windows again , to watch Duvall and Pearce battling their way through the storm to the car wreck . |
| 9 | In the light of this , it is worth noting that Article B of the Maastricht Treaty states that one of the objectives of the Union would be to maintain in full the ‘ acquis communautaire ’ , and build on it , which implies that there is to be no going back on the matters already governed by Community law . |
| 10 | Going back to the agents up in the town , the boatmen to get information about a ship coming in they would have to go up to the town |
| 11 | So use the normal rules on the approach side for those , I E roundabout rules , but going back onto the signals again , on roundabouts like that do n't give unnecessary signals . |
| 12 | Another famous hillside figure harks back to the days when , according to legends , giants walked the land . |
| 13 | Jon , as he proudly watched the Union Jack raised above his head , must have thought back to the days when , as Oxford University Boat Race president , the only flag he looked at was the skull and crossbones which hung in his study with a menacing message written underneath : ‘ Death Zone — No Prisoners . ’ |
| 14 | But our Key Person policy compensated us , which kept our backers and creditors happy , and eventually we managed to recruit new people , reorganise and get back on the rails again . ’ |
| 15 | They walked back to the cars together and Preston never did get to stand there alone . |
| 16 | These were then combined as a buffet and served back to the students together with one free soft drink of their choice . |
| 17 | The Glasgow Volunteers , disbanded after the Peace of Amiens in 1802 and then called back to the colours again , included the Fifth or Grocer 's Battalion , the Canal Volunteers , and the Royal Glasgow Volunteer Horse of 60 men and , presumably , 60 horses . |
| 18 | He glanced back to the doors again in terror . |
| 19 | He had a high-rolling joint on the SS Nocturne , a ship anchored outside the limits , and some nasty rumours had floated back on the tides along with a well-dressed corpse or two . |
| 20 | It goes back to the days when people used to worship heavenly bodies as gods . |
| 21 | This goes back to the days when there were hop gardens at the rear of the pub , and picking was done by gipsy families ( shant being an old gipsy word , meaning to drink ) . |
| 22 | The very important interest JCI has in the diamond industry goes back to the days when Barney Barnato , together with Cecil Rhodes played an important role in the establishment of De Beers in Kimberley . |
| 23 | In a matter of minutes , the attackers had been routed , only a few surviving to run back into the streets where the morning had yet to dispel the darkness . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't go back to the horses again ? ’ |
| 25 | The Government , he says , must go back to the days when school meals were available for every child . |
| 26 | Let's go back to the terrorists just er just just briefly , Clare whatever you say , that 's a p potent picture and it was a deliberate photo opportunity . |
| 27 | Then I went back to the basics again … but I think all guitarists go through that , do n't they ? ’ |
| 28 | we 've had it , went , he went back to the doctors today and she said it could take up to six to eight weeks to get out your system . |
| 29 | The cover was made of leather and went back to the days when mankind used animals for food and clothing . |
| 30 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |