Example sentences of "would [vb infin] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had finished his meal , when he had collected his guard from the hard chair by the entrance , then he would stride back to the Haifa Street Housing Project , and he would chew on the pistachio nuts that were loose in his trouser pocket , and he would write to his mother . |
| 2 | To measure sincerity in weapons proved very difficult , and so , from time to time , the American delegation would fall back on the mantra of peace , peace to which only Iraq was the obstacle , peace in which all these obsessions about the latest arms and the best would be redundant . |
| 3 | From time to time she would glance back into the room , her eyes coming to rest on the casually seated figure of Tsu Ma . |
| 4 | In London or Dublin the girls would look back to the house for healing . |
| 5 | Then Rachel would flit back along the alleyways to Richmond Palace . ’ |
| 6 | Suitable scenes of red-faced hilarity would occur back at the office as someone always tipped off the entire staff to be ready at the front door . |
| 7 | A spokesman said the inspector would report back to the boy 's father , Bernard Grainger , of Melland Street . |
| 8 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 9 | It was about this time that I received a letter from Dr Liu Shih-Shun , Chinese Ambassador in Ottawa , who informed me that , with the imminent cessation of hostilities in Asia , the Chinese government would move back from the wartime capital of Chungking to the south central city of Nanking . |
| 10 | Lexandro would fire back at the figure mistakenly … |
| 11 | At night when his mother was asleep , he would creep back to the computer to send messages . |
| 12 | When she had the sound of the sparse traffic in her ears she would sit down and rest , then she would walk back by the track . |
| 13 | But she never dared ask him , for fear he would tell her ) — the grocer treated her to infrequent smiles and would give occasional chocolates to Victoria , who would go back to the toyshop with a heavy brown moustache and sideburns . |
| 14 | Whenever he thought about this in later years , his memory would go back to the Cuddesdon time and the shock of seeing a House of Commons pretending that it knew how people ought to say their prayers . |
| 15 | Soon Diana and Mary would leave Moor House to return to the wealthy families in the south , where they were both governesses , and St John would go back to the vicar 's house in Morton , with Hannah , his housekeeper . |
| 16 | She would go back to the lodgings , lie down on the lumpy bed and rest , and try again tomorrow . |
| 17 | The Town Clerk 's just pointed out that their tape recorder 's run out and wondered if you would go back to the start and work through all that again . |
| 18 | She would go back to the shrine . |
| 19 | Clare , erm would go back to the office , you you or Phyllis or Joyce I mean preferably Phyllis would sit down with her and say , Right , Clare , what have you learned ? |
| 20 | He would drag that bloody friar from his stars and they would go back to the Springall mansion and this time demand answers to their questions . |
| 21 | He used his fingers and the stick , he scuffled food into his mouth from the pan which he held close by his mouth so that any pieces that fell from his fingers or lips would go back into the container , not onto the ground . |
| 22 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 23 | Here permission was given for the construction of a large courtyard development of twenty-six houses and flats , quite out of character with the compact eighteenth-century house , in the belief that the profits yielded from the sale of the flats would go back into the house . |
| 24 | Well presumably would go back in the village and if you asked other villagers look how much has X grown on that bit of land they will tell you . |
| 25 | When we took the step we did last May , we did n't desert the Tory Party , we rebelled against it and I for one said that I would go back in the fullness of time , I just hoped I could go back with something to show for it . |
| 26 | Somehow I just knew in the end we would get back to the subject of money ! |
| 27 | But then if that not conceded or protest not sus sustained , that would the letter would come back to the Official letter would come back to the branch secretary you see , and he would look at it , and he would put it to his branch and if they wanted to go further , that went to Euston House , the N U R headquarters , Euston House . |
| 28 | For years I would come back to the store and walk over to where they were . |
| 29 | It was held that he had an intention permanently to deprive because he intended to sell them irrespective of the Revenue 's rights , despite the fact that the vouchers would come back to the Revenue . |
| 30 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |