Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cook has every intention of getting back into the South African team next season although he will not find it easy following the success of Andrew Hudson at the World Cup . |
| 2 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 3 | That will earn him his RIBA Part I. But then , he has to get a year 's relevant experience in practice before coming back for the final year of his course . |
| 4 | First they gather information about their neighbourhood before coming back to the school to translate their ideas , ( in best Blue Peter fashion ) with glue , cloth , cigarette packets , and other recyclable materials , into a colourful collage clock . |
| 5 | at the Gateshead National Garden Festival from 1989 to 1990 that was alright , then last September 1990 and with the end of the festival in site I had a dread of going back on the dole as I already spent seven years on the dole previously through no-fault of my own . |
| 6 | Afterwards you stand no hope of getting back into the City . |
| 7 | He shot a last , quick glance at the girl before turning back to the Princess . |
| 8 | On the way , we stopped at the border and went through the immigration and customs formalities , which were very courteous though long , and we were given lunch before getting back on the train ! |
| 9 | Then he allowed the body to drop to the floor , watching it twitch for a second before stepping back into the shadows from which he 'd emerged . |
| 10 | It 's all a bit like going back to the Fifties , when TV 's role was to entertain and inform in equal measure . |
| 11 | After her return , after that heart-sinking moment of coming back to the greasy frying pan and the littered table , there was cleaning . |
| 12 | ‘ There was no point in going back to the hotel . |
| 13 | ‘ Gary showed great courage in coming back in the second half even though the injury was very painful . ’ |
| 14 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 15 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 16 | Especially if you do n't realize that till you 've got , till you 've got home and you realize you 've got to go through all the hassle of going back to the shop to complain . |
| 17 | When a suitable site for a new hive is found the bees have to learn its location and get rid of their earlier learned behaviour of flying back to the old hive . |
| 18 | ‘ And if you keep both feet in you 've more chance of dropping back into the chair on your knees when it tries to flip , ready for it to whip back the other way , ’ says Birchall . |
| 19 | The last operating day again just after 15.00 and 61094 has arrived from Leicester and is about to take water before setting back into the north bay . |
| 20 | Hopefully Mansell will put the most famous name in racing back at the top of Formula One Grand Prix racing . |
| 21 | Brief because Patten — worried voters might spot him and rip him limb from limb — was only here for a day before flying back to the homes , yachts , Daimlers , helicopters , butlers and £152,000 tax-free salary Major gave him when making him Hong Kong Governor as reward for losing his seat . |
| 22 | So swifts , if they land , find great difficulty in getting back into the air and when the time comes for them to make a nest , they are unable to gather leaves , sticks or mud in the way that other birds can . |
| 23 | Holding a length of silk in its beak , it then pierces a hole in the leaf and pushes the silk through it , tying a little knot in the end to prevent the thread from slipping back through the hole and then doing the same thing on the other side so that the two leaf surfaces are secured to one another . |
| 24 | Luke shrugged eloquently , his eyes like dark , dreamy pools of liquid as he favoured Fran with a lingering look before looking back at the older woman . |
| 25 | On washing day I fill a bucket half full of very hot water and add my cup of soap powder before going back to the house for breakfast . |
| 26 | ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’ |
| 27 | He had the good lecturer 's habit of referring back to the previous lecture , and looking forward to the next , so that the course flowed smoothly on . |
| 28 | Well , certainly people are satisfied with where we 've got to and want to draw a line underneath it and move on from there , and I think the prospect of going back to the constitution er issues , and they m once again being a key focus , I do n't think anyone in the Party , or outside the Party , sees the Labour Party wanting to devote itself to that at this time . |
| 29 | The method of reporting back to the client should be specified in the terms of engagement letter . |
| 30 | … Trouble with going back to the old days , the [ agency ] was more or less a family concern . |