Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 2 | Pilots have complained that airlines force them to work long hours , new jets are being grounded or sent back to the manufacturers for modification , and the government has been attacked for a series of embarrassing lapses at major airports . |
| 3 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 4 | Every culture , however imperfectly and blindly , either turned towards the light or fell back into the darkness . |
| 5 | Each year straw equivalent to 3.6 million tonnes of coal is wasted , usually burnt in the field or ploughed back into the ground . |
| 6 | The van slewed wildly , but kept travelling , smoke appearing from its rear tyres as it swerved and skidded back towards the exit . |
| 7 | Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car . |
| 8 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 9 | Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm . |
| 10 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 11 | Sara mounted her bicycle and rode back to the cottage . |
| 12 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 13 | A great cry compounded of rage , sorrow , hatred and vituperation went up from the town walls as the colourful company under the Plantagenet Leopards turned and rode back towards the castle , leaving the slight jerking figure to its dance of death . |
| 14 | The fire was not lit and the room did n't seem as cheerful and welcoming as it had the night before ; they broke their fast quickly on warm oat cakes and mulled wine , saddled their horses and rode back along the track to the highway . |
| 15 | Then the handful of riders wheeled their mounts in wild haste , and rode back by the way they had come , and after them in headlong pursuit streamed Reginald de Grey and his knights and men-at-arms . |
| 16 | There must be adequate and timely arrangements for the operating experience on other PWR plants to be collected , analysed and passed back to the operators with any necessary retraining . |
| 17 | We hid them in the copper , closed the lid and crept back into the yard , shutting the door carefully behind us . |
| 18 | Halfway through cockpit checks the crew decided that the aircraft was unserviceable , so they all got out and tramped back to the Squadron offices . |
| 19 | Philip ran back down to the bit of broken fencing , climbed through and got back into the kitchen as the local news ended . |
| 20 | She put on her coat and got back into the bed . |
| 21 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 22 | After what seemed an age , Jack appeared out of the gloom and got back into the car . |
| 23 | Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view . |
| 24 | Chinless looked up again and got back to the driver 's seat and headed east . |
| 25 | But by the time the police had secured the exemption and got back to the brothel , the keeper would have changed his nationality and they would have to start all over again . |
| 26 | And Margot went thanks very much , and got back on the bus . |
| 27 | She unlocked the door and got back in the shower . |
| 28 | I grabbed the empties and got back behind the bar . |
| 29 | Then one afternoon Louise Raymond visited Len Seager in hospital and reported back to the rest of the team . |
| 30 | So Moely turned , and swam back to the shore as quickly as he could . |