Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the source of this we must go back to the Pythagoreans of the sixth century BC , whose cosmological speculations were based on the ‘ tetracys ’ , that is , the geometrical symbol composed of ten discrete points symmetrically arranged in the form of an equilateral triangle with sides of four points each . |
| 32 | The Government , he says , must go back to the days when school meals were available for every child . |
| 33 | Later , when Anne was in bed , Marilla said to her brother , ‘ She must go back to the children 's home tomorrow . ’ |
| 34 | They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training . |
| 35 | The Minister is backing away from the commitment that the Scottish Transport Group and the Government gave , and is now saying that the money must go back into the Treasury 's coffers . |
| 36 | ‘ Mr Gould was worn out by our reverses , regretted the loss of time , and this very afternoon had been declaring with many apologies that he must go back in the Vansittart . |
| 37 | We 're quite fortunate because there will be four chief superintendents at that meeting to discuss whether or not the S L O's should come back to the centre . |
| 38 | P.C. Clifford would have welcomed the tea , but said that he must get back to the scene of the tragedy . |
| 39 | But we must get back to the Vicar , who is awaiting his final epitaph in some anxiety . |
| 40 | She must get back to the sea to feed . |
| 41 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 42 | I must get back to the shop now . |
| 43 | She must get back to The Tamarisks . |
| 44 | ‘ Yes , we must get back to the office . |
| 45 | ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said . |
| 46 | I must get back to the hospital … ’ |
| 47 | I really must get back to the house . ’ |
| 48 | Certainly we must get back to the mooring in time for you to start work . ’ |
| 49 | If the reasons for it are accommodating the release of people to , like Pam , Lewis and Ron and people like that whom we 've released , erm and the experienced temps then you can at least say when they come back then that position should revert back to the norm . |
| 50 | First , however , we must come back to the question of how to read a contingency table when one variable can be considered a cause of the other . |
| 51 | Breasal will show you where to go , and then you must come back to the hall . |
| 52 | ‘ You must come back to the house — calamine lotion is the thing , I believe . |
| 53 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 54 | ‘ There 's nothing I 'd like better than to stay here and make love to you all day , but I think after breakfast we should get back to the palazzo . ’ |
| 55 | After one alarmed glance at her apoplectic face , Mr Loveitt said smoothly : ‘ I think we should get back to the facts . |
| 56 | Given these provocations , it is not surprising that Congress , when it got the chance , should strike back against the executive . |
| 57 | We must hit back with the truth |
| 58 | ’ Which means you 'll fall back into the Vid , ’ she said . |
| 59 | ‘ Well , now that we 've both indulged in our little speeches , I think I 'll head back to the house . ’ |
| 60 | He could n't touch her , she really was too young ; he imagined the pale peach cheeks of her child 's cunt and the runny sweetness inside , and thought he might duck back to the hut and toss himself off . |