Example sentences of "way back [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the train , I had been unable to imagine Flaubert ( howling like an impatient dog ? grumbling ? ardent ? ) making the same journey ; now at this point of pilgrimage , the gateposts were no help in thinking my way back to the hot reunions of Gustave and Louise . |
| 2 | Marginally refreshed , Auguste made his way back to the Imperial Hotel late that afternoon . |
| 3 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 4 | Or survivals at the level of colour : liking for flat and intense colours , local earth and vegetable dyes , which may go all the way back to the ancient textile traditions such as that of the Paracas culture in Peru . |
| 5 | ’ He thumbed his way back to the private accounts . |
| 6 | I yawned my way back to the Narrow Neck . |
| 7 | We slide back from our observation positions and pick our way back to the rear area . |
| 8 | Like the Beatles , Keegan was a legend in Liverpool and he has given United a dream ticket to ride all the way back to the Premier League . |
| 9 | For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward . |
| 10 | The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture . |
| 11 | Everything seemed to be going well and Yurchenko was about to provide more useful information when , on 2 November 1985 , he eluded his CIA colleagues at a restaurant in Washington and made his way back to the Russian Embassy and thence to Moscow . |
| 12 | In return for this concession the English government obtained a number of crucial episcopal appointments , not least the translation of Sudbury to Canterbury ; moreover , the good offices of the pope were assured in the current peace negotiations ; finally , some of the money would find its way back to the English crown for the ransom of the pope 's brother , Roger Beaufort , who was then an English prisoner of war . |
| 13 | Maybe the tide will start to turn shortly as the avant-garde begin to lead the way back to the old traditions . |
| 14 | FINDING A WAY BACK TO THE BIG COUNTRY |
| 15 | She chatted into his ear all the way back to the big house , but he stayed silent . |
| 16 | Such information implies a distance of 16 thousand million light years and that the galaxy is seen at a time 83% of the way back to the Big Bang . |
| 17 | On his way back to the Tented Village Patrick paused at the ‘ short ’ 11th , where a big crowd had collected . |
| 18 | There is every chance that the IDO application will eventually find its way back to the Welsh Office , who have declined to ‘ call it in ’ voluntarily . |
| 19 | It brings us all the way back to the basic concept of human selfishness and the selflessness which typifies the agape love which God demands as well as empowers . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that increasing expenditure on day one of a new Government while failing to deal with the important issue of taxation is the fastest way back to the high levels of inflation which characterised all Labour Governments ? |
| 21 | On our way back to the main road , at the end of the day we persuaded the reluctant Halim to investigate with us the loud festivities issuing from an isolated group of stilt houses . |
| 22 | He wound his way back over the leaf-strewn grass like a toy duck . |
| 23 | Nodding thoughtfully , the Doctor made his way back towards the small group gathered round the screens . |
| 24 | Mick may find it tough to force his way back into the international arena , but this game offers a superb platform for him to relaunch his England ambitions . |
| 25 | ‘ I was always hopeful that I would be able to fight my way back into the representative scene but that was the early chance I needed ’ , recalled Roebuck . |
| 26 | At this stage he had been in contention behind McCallen and Dunlop and even after his restart he still clawed his way back into the leading group . |
| 27 | The only hope was to try and paddle to the bank , then work our way back into the safe waters of the Cherwell by pulling on the branches of the shrubs and trees that overhung the river . |
| 28 | ‘ Mill crushed Hammer with a three-goal blitz midway through the second half , and their was no way back for the gallant losers . |
| 29 | Thoughts of that previous one only crept their way back with the forbidden thought of a child . |
| 30 | On the way back with the dirty cup and the milkless liquid Hilary Seymour-Strachey once more looked around at his own exhibition with the expression of frank self-approval Greg had noticed before . |