Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 2 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 3 | When the doctor had gone , Dot said , ‘ I got to go back in the hospital , ai n't I , Mrs H ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 5 | After the elections I want to go back to the Institute of Forecasting . |
| 6 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I want to go back to the house for a while , ’ she said at last in a careful tone . |
| 8 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 9 | I want to step back into the line . |
| 10 | I love rap but in the future I want to get back to the funk . |
| 11 | Stich said later : ‘ I want to get back to the world top 10 — that 's my goal . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Thanks anyway but I want to get back to the hotel and soak my shoulder in a hot bath . |
| 13 | Unless there are any snags , I want to get back to the workshop . |
| 14 | I want to get back to the farm . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to get back to the office . ’ |
| 16 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 17 | I began to climb back into the limo . |
| 18 | In splinters of thought , unconnectedly , I began to look back over the past three weeks . |
| 19 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 20 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 21 | I decided to go back to the block and rest for a little . |
| 22 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 23 | So I decided to go back to the ship again , and get some more things . |
| 24 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 25 | Well I meant to say back to the house , I meant to say . |
| 26 | I managed to glare back at the boy , who went on chewing . |
| 27 | I had to go back to the room , as if I needed to tell the place where I lived of my feeling . |
| 28 | So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed . |
| 29 | I , I could feel that I have , I had to go back to the bath to the toilet quite often . |
| 30 | I had to go back into the van to collect my Certificate ( proof ) . |