Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] the day [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | After violent storms the haul will often include valuable items dating back to the days when drowned sailors on the local beach was commonplace . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | Another famous hillside figure harks back to the days when , according to legends , giants walked the land . |
6 | 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 . ’ |
7 | It goes back to the days when people used to worship heavenly bodies as gods . |
8 | 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 ) . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | The Government , he says , must go back to the days when school meals were available for every child . |
11 | The cover was made of leather and went back to the days when mankind used animals for food and clothing . |
12 | Florida is the shock of the new jutaposed with '40s and '50s kitsch and the magnificent turn-of-the-century beachfront resorts that date back to the days when the Northern grandees , steamer trunks and servants in tow , would descend by private rail to the exclusive enclaves of Sarasota , Palm Beach and Miami . |
13 | He said : ‘ We 've got to get back to the days when Elland Road was an intimidating place for teams to visit . |
14 | Places like the Giant 's Rock near Zennor , the Giant 's Quoits on the coast east of Land 's End and the Giant 's Grave north east of Penzance , all hark back to the days when the big people supposedly ruled . |
15 | ( The name dates back to the days when all home electronics was a horrid brown colour — now it is an almost nasty black ) . |
16 | If the building is turned into a pub the distinctive glass canopy , which dates back to the days when it was a garage , will be retained . |
17 | My own earliest memories of Winnie , stretch back to the days when — following in the tennis footsteps of her mother , Winifred Mason , who became Scottish champion twice , she was winning British junior championships titles . |