Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] back to 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When they get back to the start again . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | When they got back to the farmyard the Substitute had vanished . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When they got back to the flat , Mum emptied out all the vegetables and fruit and Pete took the box to his room . |
| 12 | And when they got back to the meadow , Lucie had sent all the people home , refusing every one of their eager tributes . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Herr Nordern staggered as the night air hit him and Bodo held his elbow as they lurched back to the flats . |
| 16 | But that offer was declined too , courteous goodbyes were exchanged , and Omi took Erika 's arm as they walked back to the S-Bahn . |
| 17 | Discarded papers blew in the narrow street as they walked back to the car . |
| 18 | Paula asked as they walked back to the hotel . |
| 19 | Dennis winked unpleasantly as they walked back to the stables . |
| 20 | ‘ Why not go to Malton tomorrow and buy a riding habit ? ’ her husband suggested as they walked back to the house . |
| 21 | As they walked back to the house , George managed to fill out his description by giving more details of the inside of the house . |
| 22 | ‘ I rest my case , ’ said X as they walked back to the clubhouse . |
| 23 | Bernard asked as they walked back to the bar room . |
| 24 | He remained silent as they walked back to the car and he opened the passenger-door for her . |
| 25 | He stood aside , and as they walked back to the office Lucy felt an unexpected wave of gratitude towards Doreen . |
| 26 | As they walked back to the clubhouse with the Vice-Captain , conversation was made difficult by the roar and whirr of a helicopter hovering over the field behind . |
| 27 | He took her arm and she nestled against him as they walked back to the car . |
| 28 | He looked rueful as they walked back to the car . |
| 29 | As they walked back to the car , Sophie asked , ‘ Do you pay a regular visit here or do you wait until they call you ? ’ |
| 30 | As they walked back to the car , he took her hand again and then lifted it to his lips . |