Example sentences of "its [noun sg] back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 2 | Several key factors will influence just how quickly Ireland can get its rugby back on the right track : fitness , tough competition and coaching . |
| 3 | My task , after having been subjected to a six months ' course to learn Russian , was to supervise the packing up of the Wilhelmshaven dockyard , and arrange its shipment back to the Soviet Union as part reparation for the enormous damage that had been done to that country by Nazi Germany . |
| 4 | One precious CERAMIDE capsule and your skin is on its way back to a smoother , silkier , younger appearance . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Anxious to film the final " fire " scene , we desperately tried to overtake the tail of the throng making its way back along the narrow causeway , but our legs were betraying us . |