Example sentences of "the [noun] back at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 2 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 3 | For instance on page 57 of the status report , we read : ‘ If equilibrium had not yet been fully established by the time of the switch back at the end of 1979 , then later equilibrium state Pb-206/Pb-207 ratios would presumably be lower than those seen in 1979 . |
| 4 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |
| 5 | For much of that day , everything is put on hold — Nirvana 's soundcheck , interviews , the NME picture session , Teenage Fanclub 's soundcheck , everything — because Kurt is n't around , still holed up with the missus back at the hotel . |
| 6 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 7 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 8 | The people back at the hotel did n't know me . |
| 9 | THE Conservatives sought to put the economy back at the centre of the election debate yesterday by claiming that Labour 's alternative Budget would ‘ strangle ’ recovery . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm so used to them , you know , do n't notice them any more , ’ laughed the milkman back at the camp site . |
| 11 | Studying the map back at the motor cycle , he saw that it had once carried what was now that branch of the Makaa River which flowed down the valley below the track up to the President 's cabin . |
| 12 | She hesitated for a moment , before adding with a worried frown , ‘ I wish I was n't feeling so nervous about having to cope with the twins back at the apartment in New York . ’ |