Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think , I do n't know if they went back to the pits and sort of left , but he did n't want to stay there and and got this job as a gamekeeper . |
| 2 | Old maps help , especially if they go back to the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries , and surveys of earthworks can also show early elements . |
| 3 | If they sit back against the jolly green juggernaut they 'll get run over — make no mistake about it . |
| 4 | I ordered a double portion of chicken and a Seven-Up and went to a table while they went back to the late movie on Channel 4 on a portable television . |
| 5 | Interestingly enough , broadside probably derives from the naval tactic of firing all the guns from one side of a ship of war at once , without giving the recipient the necessity of awaiting installments Such sheets are of historic importance , since they date back to the sixteenth century , when popular poems and ballads were issued in this form ; and royal and official proclamations took to the streets in this guise almost from the first days of printing . |
| 6 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 7 | The Sunday after they came back from the West Indies , he and Sara and his mother — who was living with them now in a room not much larger than a cupboard , although the view , as Simon constantly said , was staggering — went formally to lunch in their old house . |
| 8 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 9 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |
| 10 | He 'd send them then , he every dock was numbered from one to hundred and thirty and he 'd say righto , number one so and so , number five so and so and of course when they come back to the pool , they 'd go on the end of the rota . |
| 11 | When they get back to the start again . |
| 12 | It was a great escape for a team so used to getting caught , but Rough and his fellow revellers chanced their luck and noisily ordered room-service when they got back to the hotel . |
| 13 | ‘ When they got back to the Lodge around eleven o'clock , Pinder ostentatiously said ‘ 'goodnight ’ to the group and went back to his own bedroom . |
| 14 | When they got back to the farmyard the Substitute had vanished . |
| 15 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 16 | When they got back to the flat , Mum emptied out all the vegetables and fruit and Pete took the box to his room . |
| 17 | And when they got back to the meadow , Lucie had sent all the people home , refusing every one of their eager tributes . |
| 18 | When they got back to the hotel , Damian strode through the foyer , saying curtly , ‘ I 'd like to go over the minutes you took at the board meeting yesterday . ’ |
| 19 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |
| 20 | And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire . |
| 21 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 22 | When they reported back to the branch about the National Conference of Young Conservatives , they were questioned about just the things they had failed to notice . |
| 23 | And a major problem is where will all the refugees go when they arrive back in the country . |
| 24 | Herr Nordern staggered as the night air hit him and Bodo held his elbow as they lurched back to the flats . |
| 25 | As they walked back through the hotel he remarked casually , ‘ I said I 'd meet Jack on the terrace for a drink . ’ |
| 26 | As they walked back through the haunted lanes of the Salamanca gardens , Cleo voiced her thoughts to Lorimer . |
| 27 | Three casual little words should n't assume such importance , Merrill thought , dazed , as they walked back through the darkness . |
| 28 | As they walked back along the paved way between the Union building and the Science block he said , ‘ Did the insulin project ever come to anything ? ’ |
| 29 | Graham asked as they walked back towards the main Concourse . |
| 30 | Diane said as they walked back towards the pickup . |