Example sentences of "back [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother shouted at one of the boys and he went back to sit in the small lorry . |
| 2 | The mining dispute , which had provoked the strike , continued from the end of April until November 1926 , when the miners and their families were effectively starved back to work despite the financial support of those unions affiliated to the TUC . |
| 3 | I just hoped that Tom would feel better about the situation when he came back to work in the New Year . |
| 4 | The wage agreement produced some drift back to work in the following days , but the strike held steady in the Kuzbass , Donbass and Vorkuta . |
| 5 | Almost 1 million people will be helped back to work in the coming year by employment and training programmes . |
| 6 | Cardiff pushed Jimmy and the girl called Barbara after them , turning back to look at the ragged aperture through which the storm was venting its fury . |
| 7 | Relapse can be seen in changes of mood before it leads back to use of the addictive substance or behaviour . |
| 8 | In the West African republic of Liberia where eighty five per cent of the population have been displaced , children , some as young as eight are being placed in secure compounds to prevent them from going back to fight for the waring factions . |
| 9 | She did see the yachtsman as she trekked back to start on the long walk home , and she went towards him . |
| 10 | As the few survivors brought word of the defeat back to Ulthuan , panic back to spread among the High Elves . |
| 11 | I allowed my eyes to travel slowly up the length of the chimney breast , tilting my head back to take in the upper reaches , and my hat fell off . |