Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] back [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | He reminded her of the ancient tradition of Christianity in that part of Ireland , one that dated back to the first century after the crucifixion , before Rome was supreme . |
2 | ‘ A whole city partying — and transported back into the eighteenth century ! ’ |
3 | I 'll quickly rattle through the next one effectively nothing more has happened at Napier , they went off for their Christmas holidays about the fourth of November and came back about the nineteenth of January er , not quite as bad as that but nearly as I mean they 've even longer holidays than we 've got and we get a fortnight at Christmas and New Year |
4 | Inside-right John Jackson , 23 , came from Clyde for £1,000 , one of Leeds ' largest outlays , and Fred Blackman , described by the Yorkshire Post as ‘ possibly the most stylish and polished back in the Second Division ’ , was bought from Huddersfield Town . |
5 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
6 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
7 | She was suddenly aware of approaching hurried footsteps , and scurried back into the last room she had passed , which was n't locked and turned out to be a storeroom for spare cables and bulbs for the lighting system . |