Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] back to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frowning , she let her mind drift back to the events of two years ago . |
| 2 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 3 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 4 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 5 | Her mind skimmed back to the dinner on Friday night . |
| 6 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 7 | As she sucked thoughtfully on the cigarette her mind wandered back to the contents of the dossier they had prepared on Benin . |
| 8 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 9 | I was excitedly interested in her attempt to get back to the original Gautama , instead of the stereotyped figure of the Scriptures and Buddhist tradition , and still more thrilled by her insistence that the Buddha had a gospel , good news to the people of his contemporary India and to later generations . |
| 10 | They strolled through Paris together , after her husband went back to the front . |
| 11 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 12 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 13 | Then she rushed back towards the stairs , almost falling in her haste to get back to the ground floor . |
| 14 | As a last resort , she and her son went back to the Children 's Home . |