Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 8 the British hostage John McCarthy was released in Beirut ; he was swiftly transported to the Syrian capital , Damascus , and thence flown back to the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | I eventually got back to the switchboard and asked for the neurosurgical bed manager . |
| 3 | As I have heard from his crew , he baled out when he eventually got back to the south coast of England . |
| 4 | The mitre template has since come back onto the market , but at prices like £18-£20 and considering the relatively small amount of work in which it is employed , some readers will no doubt feel that they could spend that money more profitably , so will want to make their own . |
| 5 | You 'd better hustle back to the stand , pronto ! |
| 6 | Shop manager , Jim Willcock 's been allowed home from hospital , but he 's not well enough to go back to the co-op in Cam . |
| 7 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 8 | 3 Stir in the peanut butter and gently bring back to the boil until the sauce thickens and goes glossy and smooth . |
| 9 | He 'd be lucky if he was merely broken back into the Scouts for ten or twenty years . |
| 10 | The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd better come back in the house and dry your shoes and socks , ’ said Betty . |
| 12 | The presbyterians also had misgivings , and only came back into the system in 1838 when they were practically guaranteed control of their own schools within it . |
| 13 | Here , we can perhaps refer back to the discussion of graduate employment presented early in the chapter . |
| 14 | The proper equipment makes the whole operation far easier and safer , and encourages instructors to practise those exercises which can so often result in a long walk back to the launch point . |
| 15 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 16 | And she suddenly turned back in the direction they had come and ran all the way , her wet shift slapping against her bare legs . |
| 17 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 18 | So going back to the parallel , have you had any thoughts about it ? |
| 19 | And er he was back there ten days ago for some or other to see another customer and when he came , only got back into the country on Monday or Tuesday |
| 20 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 21 | She was soon forgetful of the time , however , her thoughts swiftly going back to the man who had put his finger on her doorbell at that hour in the morning , and kept it there . |
| 22 | ‘ They have had their ins and outs and have all got back into the side , ’ he says . |
| 23 | I did , for the first time in 1979 , when we spent a family fishing holiday in the Hebrides ; and we have been returning regularly ever since , constantly drawn back by the magic spell the Outer Hebrides cast over all who set foot upon her romantic shores . |
| 24 | You will be able to see the lush green streamer weed swaying in the current , and if you look carefully , letting your eyes adjust to the movement of the current and weed , preferably with the use of polaroid spectacles , you may see one or more black shapes that suddenly emerge from under the green ribbon , hover for a few seconds in the open water and then just as suddenly disappear back into the weed . |
| 25 | Currency markets followed the trend , with the dollar opening sharply higher , only to drift back during the afternoon and close just under half a pfennig up at Dm1.6370 . |
| 26 | After a week together , Jakki flew back to Britain in floods of tears , only to fly back to the States again three days later to interview Madonna . |
| 27 | About half of them loosen up enough to allow the foreskin to be gently pulled back by the time the boy is a year old . |
| 28 | ‘ And I 'm only coming back to the flat to get my bag , if that 's the way you feel . |
| 29 | The air was thick with smoke and he was not offered dinner afterwards , merely driven back to the organizer 's home many miles away . |
| 30 | He carried on flying , looking for a place to land and so flew back to the wireless station and decided to land in a field next to it . |