Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until some years later that I came back to the question of the receptors and showed that the most dramatic effects involved the NMDA glutamate receptor I mentioned in the last chapter ( but wo n't discuss further here ) . |
| 2 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 3 | ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair . |
| 4 | By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel . |
| 5 | Their life was already hard enough , so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods . |
| 6 | They were still uncomfortable , so I went back into the optician . |
| 7 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 8 | I du n no what to do , so I go back to the caff and have a look in the window . |
| 9 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |
| 10 | They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines . |
| 11 | I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him . |
| 12 | ‘ So , in the meantime — ’ it was almost as though he 'd read her mind ! ‘ — I suggest that you and I go back to the party . |
| 13 | Oh no you know she 's gon na sort of , sort of suus , so erm , I said oh it 's alright it 's only Eve 's house keeper , and I got back on the phone I said no I 'm every sorry to leave you hanging on I said no I do n't know where she is , I have n't seen her all morning , I have n't seen her at all , and er I said bye then , she said what 's the matter with you she said , I said what do you mean what 's the matter with me , she said oh , why you talking funny ? |
| 14 | By then it was too late to get the room and I walked back to the spot where I had committed the robbery . |
| 15 | The police sounded surprised that I had bothered to call them , and I walked back to the boatyard feeling strangely foolish . |
| 16 | That afternoon , my feelings soothed with company and talk , Sally and I walked back down the bright valley through cricket-loud grasses and thousands of flowers . |
| 17 | Benjamin and I walked back into the hall . |
| 18 | And I lay back in the cradling pouch-seat , enjoying the feeling of being safe and relaxed — and financially secure for a while , with that fee safely tucked away in my Fedbank account . |
| 19 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 20 | As Princess Flavia and I drove back to the palace in an open car , one man in the crowd called out , ‘ When 's the wedding ? ’ |
| 21 | The doctor , Gray and I ran back into the house . |
| 22 | And I ran back along the passage . |
| 23 | Leaving Joy to help Miss Prescott with what are called the last offices ( Joy is also a trained nurse ) , Alan and I went back to the house and between us brought the coffin down from the loft . |
| 24 | I told the co-pilot to take over and I went back to the radio room and saw Charlie with blood all over his head and the front of his flight suit ’ . |
| 25 | It was now early July , and I went back to the Usk to film the silver-grey mink . |
| 26 | He hung up and I went back to the salon . |
| 27 | I think it 's time you and I came back into the world . |
| 28 | Roger and I hung back on the hill , watching the rest of the party go into a wood . |
| 29 | And so it seems to me that what has got to be proven , and I come back to the point , is that something has changed and we have n't heard anything that has changed er in in that time . |
| 30 | Now that 's something that erm particularly that last point , that audit committees that are established in most efficient companies want to look at and I come back to the point that audit ought to be looked at as something that assists companies in efficiency as well as a mechanism for detecting fraud and yet the government does n't appear to be examining that . |