Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back over the first decade of his regime , in a radio broadcast made to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the Civil War , Franco crowed , |
| 2 | A campaign for a People 's Front would detract from their attempts to influence the Labour Party , and was felt to be inspired by Lloyd George , with whom the Communists had a long standing feud , dating back to the First World War . |
| 3 | The popes , as bishops of Rome , had a " genealogy " going back to the first pope , the apostle Peter . |
| 4 | Now , going back to the first time Mahoney was shot . |
| 5 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |