Example sentences of "back [adv] to earth " in BNC.
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1 | and my hearing floats back widely to earth |
2 | And when you get back down to earth , concessionary discounts can ease your domestic burdens . |
3 | Come to that , I suppose , most of the other sprinters were hoping that the timing was wrong and were eager to bring me back down to earth . |
4 | The next evening , the Thursday , I was brought back down to earth with a bump . |
5 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
6 | Suddenly , to my embarrassment , my three-year-old daughter brought my right back down to earth as she pointed and said in an extremely loud voice : ‘ Look Mummy , they 're all showing their bottoms ! ’ |
7 | So come back down to earth ! |
8 | He should come back down to earth with everyone else . |
9 | The Volvo left the ground for precious seconds , flying through the air before finally crashing back down to earth with a sickening jolt that jarred every bone in her body . |
10 | His statement pulled her back down to earth . |
11 | His cheerful London accent seemed to bring her back down to earth , and she hurried to unlock the bolts and let him into the hallway . |
12 | When you come back down to earth , is it on to pastures new ? |
13 | ‘ But sooner or later one has to come back down to earth , ’ she went on . |
14 | It is all the fault of speculators who used the cars as a means of making mega-bucks , like buying paintings or antiques , rather than as personal playthings. 11 MC2966 meteoric rise in the price of even the most mundane of so-called classic motorcars , such as Morris Minors and Volkswagen Beetles , which have now come back down to earth with a thud . |
15 | It gets them up through a business meeting and brings them back down to earth when the crisis is passed . |
16 | Suddenly the sound of a door , of someone coming in from outside , brought Leith tumbling , falling back down to earth . |
17 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
18 | ‘ There are people here who bring you back down to earth , ’ says the goalkeeper innkeeper . |
19 | ‘ When you create chances , especially against Hearts , and do n't take them , then you ca n't have any complaints , ’ admitted McLean after literally coming back down to earth . |
20 | you have n't I thought you had , have you come back down to earth ? , you landed ? |
21 | Abingdon United came back down to earth with a bang this afternoon when they were defeated at home by three goals to nil by lowly Rayners Lane . |