Example sentences of "[vb infin] back to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he takes his foot off the pedal again , the revs will fall back to their preset level again . |
| 2 | Erm certainly I will carry back to my fellow bishops what is expressed here , concern about the question of sacramental intercommunion . |
| 3 | And so , if she twisted round , perhaps she could see back to her own world , to the meadow … what was it called ? |
| 4 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 5 | The game is up and you must skulk back to your own area , full of socks and thick hats , and leave the mysterious , metallic things to people who can answer such a query with a number and a knowing smile . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'll return back to their own world once they 've had their fun . |
| 7 | ‘ Unless Flixe needs me , ’ he said , looking at his wife with a mixture of protectiveness and adoration that made Julia think back to her own honeymoon and wonder whether Anthony had ever looked at her like that . |
| 8 | I was , moreover , amused by the juxtaposition of names in the Bedford High Street — Blood , Sand , DeAth : the bullring , of course ! — which made me think back to my Special Subject paper in the Finals , on the Spanish Background of English Literature . |
| 9 | An improvement on this basic design was to use a lightweight but rigid rotating rod on which to mount the magnet and mirror , and attach a coil spring at one end , so that once any change in potential difference had been registered the mirror would swing back to its original position . |
| 10 | To pursue the analogy with the sprung mirror galvanometer , the more powerful the spring , the faster the mirror will swing back to its original position . |
| 11 | She should go back to her own bed and not risk either of them getting into more trouble , but he liked having the silly little thing cuddled up to him like a rabbit . |
| 12 | Yeah What about that one did she go back to her own bed ? |
| 13 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
| 14 | Nikola Koljevic , their deputy leader , says Serbs will go back to their old demand for a Bosnian confederation of independent Serb , Muslim and Croat states . |
| 15 | Others , such as the Hoar Stone at Enstone , Oxfordshire , will go back to their original position if moved . |
| 16 | Either the Serbs will let the refugees go back to their original homes , which is hard to imagine , or the ‘ protecting ’ soldiers will sooner or later have to escort them out , to look for new homes somewhere else . |
| 17 | MV Well , we do have a gutter press here but , of course , it is new , and in a while these things which are , for the moment , sensational , will go back to their proper place . |
| 18 | Some of the squadron commanders , and maybe the odd flight commander who again was not flying , invariably pointed out they need not go back to their operational training unit , they could remain and we would send for their kit . |
| 19 | Once we 're out of the twenty six week period it would go back to its normal rate . |
| 20 | I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways . |
| 21 | Response : I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways . |
| 22 | But let's go back to our musical score for argument 's sake orchestral , since most popular classical music involves the use of a large instrumental ensemble of some form or another . |
| 23 | " We can go back to our proper home ! |
| 24 | Maybe I 'll go back to it one day . ’ |
| 25 | An agitated old lady addressed Ramsey severely and asked why he did not go back to his own country and do good there instead of stirring up trouble in the United States . |
| 26 | Let me go back to my earlier discussion of gravitational collapse . |
| 27 | What I 'd like to do is go back to my natural colour . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll go back to my own place . |
| 29 | Why do n't you go back to your own surgery and try to drum up some work ? ’ |
| 30 | Pretending that you can go back to your old life , and forget all about these last few days . ’ |