Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheeks dripping white , the kids walk back to the car , happy and contented . |
| 2 | You know that when birds are chicks in nest , they gape , their little mouths open wide , like this , and they , whenever the parents come back to the nest , wi with a worm or something , you see the little chicks , their little mouths wide open , they kind of reach out of the nest and , and , and try to their feeding . |
| 3 | Would you believe it — a false start and the man with the red flag is there to make sure all the eggs go back to the line . |
| 4 | When the water drops , the substances drift back along the passageways and soak into the water table . |
| 5 | ‘ But the difference now is that the profits go back into the game and the WRU are to be congratulated on their decisions to tap in to the funds that are available . ’ |
| 6 | Before the patients go back to the ward , they will pat their faces back into place and often ask for reassurance that no-one will be told . |
| 7 | The cuttings date back to the beginning of the 1980s : ‘ If you read these stories day by day , you simply do n't realise how many there are . |
| 8 | One may venture to make the proposition that the roots go back to the short-lived but glorious revolution of October 1956 . |