Example sentences of "[noun] back at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd like to get an early night , so I 'll just grab a sandwich back at the hotel . ’ |
| 2 | With a quick glance back at the house he ran to the car . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Shoulders back at the angle recommended by L'Echo de la mode , chin up , stomach sucked in . |
| 6 | Only last month , BR agreed to put barriers back at the crossing at Ruswarp . |
| 7 | No spraying , of course , and only circumspect cutting back at the most appropriate time . |
| 8 | ‘ The parents do not get the same child back at the end of this trip , ’ says Dreamflight co-founder Pat Pearce . |
| 9 | We did it at home back at the unit . |
| 10 | On one occasion , ‘ action likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ was invoked by Kent police successfully to turn miners back at the Dartford tunnel , over 100 miles from their intended destination . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 13 | This enabled him to look forward with confidence to continued improvements which would put the British plants back at the top of the performance league , where they used to be , and where they belonged . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you see that slimy bastard of a cousin of mine ? ’ said Jessica , as they went through their undressing routine back at the house . |
| 15 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 16 | He did a further two years ' apprenticeship at Covent Garden , and then six years back at the Arts Council in finance department . |
| 17 | I dropped Patterson back at the PKB office so he could pick up his BMW and , though he did n't say it , I think he was glad he 'd left it behind . |
| 18 | And managing to sniff out of her second in command a crisis back at the office , even though he tried to steer the conversation well away from work . |
| 19 | What was worst for Jackie , in a way , was the follow-up : the melancholy task faced by his wife Helen as she and Courage 's wife Sally had to pack up Piers 's things back at the Bouwes Palace . |
| 20 | During one meandering discussion Mr Glover wonders aloud why the trio are huddled in a fancy hotel , instead of talking to each other back at the office , like less exalted folk . |
| 21 | Tony Donaldson had rearranged his visits and his work schedule back at the Social Services department so that he would have most of the day free to serve as Mrs Balanchine 's interpreter . |
| 22 | FitzAlan jerked his head back at the settlement . |
| 23 | Like all scientific findings , mine are actually nothing but readings on meters , printouts on papers , numbers derived from machines ( nothing but pointer-readings , the positivist philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach called such observations back at the beginning of this century ) , which I manipulate to extract meaning and which I then endeavour to extrapolate back to stand for , to represent , deductions about the behaviour of molecules , cells and organisms in the real world . |
| 24 | An initial collection at Mason 's which raised £1,400 was followed by another at Alex , and a Sixties gig by Dave Spruce 's Kick Back at the Mitchell 's Club , Tunstall . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 27 | You had no difficulties back at the bar ? ’ |
| 28 | On her first day back at the studio , he had taken one look at her , pulled a sympathetic frown , and told her sternly , ‘ What you need , my girl , is to get down to some hard work and chase from your head whatever it is that 's bothering you . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | With a final look back at the station buildings , Jack drove away from the scene of his mysterious experience . |