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Example sentences of "get back to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Then , as soon as they were given access to each other , and also to the small molecules needed as raw materials , in water , both got back to their old tricks even though they were no longer in a living cell but in a test tube .
2	‘ I have not got back to my normal working routine , quite honestly .
3	Unless they get back to their winning ways Rovers could even miss the play-offs .
4	When they get back to their own places they go to the middle and pick up a ‘ pearl ’ and go back to stand in their places .
5	‘ All I know is that we ought to be up in that tower , plannin' how we get back to our own lines , and not wastin' any more time quarrellin' down ‘ ere . ’
6	‘ Get back to your own cabin . ’
7	‘ Then get back to your own house and stop pushing your nose in where it is n't wanted , ’ Smallfry hissed .
8	Only by getting back to their male roots can these over-complex men become better lovers , fathers and friends .
9	The 16-year-old English Schools champion , who has recovered from a knee injury , is gradually getting back to her best form and her target is beating her own British record of 42.9 secs recorded at Crystal Palace last season .
10	She was over it , and gradually getting back to her old self .
11	He looks right David Lawrence I must say and that was a very , very quick delivery and getting back to your other point , that slips coming forward going back , it 's just every now and again that it does n't come out right from David Lawrence , it goes down comparatively slowly , but when he does get it right , it really flies through to slips .
12	You 'd best be getting back to your own house now . ’
13	He could see that I was slowly but surely getting back to my old self , and to my own poetry .
14	His father , Keith , said : ‘ He was in terrible shock for a while but he seems to be getting back to his normal self . ’
15	‘ He is getting back to his normal self but he is still quite unsteady on his feet and gets nervous when there are a lot of people around .
16	At the cessation of hostilities in 1945 , the works got back to its pre-war role .
17	Few of them got back to their own country .
18	She must concentrate hard so she could report in full detail when she got back to her eager students .
19	He got back to his own desk and sat , looking at his hands , unable to decide whether to ring her up , or what to say .
20	When Coffin got back to his own flat , all he found there in the way of post was an enigmatic postcard from his sister Laetitia : she had sent him a view of Edinburgh from the air , with a message scribbled on the back : I am going to the law .
21	He mentally clocked in all the registration letters ; it would make tracing the owners easy when he got back to his own people .
22	It was when I got back to my new room there that I first came across my new neighbours , Jane and Mark Walsh , and their two children , Sonja and Darren .
23	How could she get back to her own world ?
24	‘ Fand — how do I get back to my own world ? ’
25	How I wish all this was over and I could get back to my humdrum routine .
26	Because , you put that into a different mode , you ca n't get back to your normal mode , and your calculator 's useless for the rest of the exam .
27	When dad phoned us when I was down there he says , When you come back you can get rid of that acce you can get back to your own accent .
28	You can also get back to your previous caller by keying R star 1 , and you can say ‘ I 'm sorry I 'll speak to you later ’ to whichever you like .
29	And why raise the subject now , just when she wanted to get back to her own office to quell the bewildering inner turbulence which had disturbed the past few minutes ?
30	During this period it is essential that all the staff 's normal duties are covered for them , nothing is more likely to prevent successful training than constant telephone interruptions and the need for the staff to get back to their normal work .