Example sentences of "[adv prt] back to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we can begin to lay the new thatch the old roof has to be stripped off back to a firm base . |
| 2 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 3 | The basket moved off back to the mainland . |
| 4 | We start off back to the pueblo . |
| 5 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 6 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 7 | Nicholas sent him off back to the tunnel , and glanced upwards . |
| 8 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 9 | The wolves yelped uncontrollably , throwing their riders into the mess before scampering off back to the hills their tails tucked firmly between their legs . |
| 10 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 11 | You do n't imagine we can simply walk out of here , do you ? — win or lose , up stakes and toddle off back to the world of boiled cabbage and beds with sheets ? |
| 12 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 13 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 14 | She shrugged , than scurried off back to the office , showing a lot of thigh . |
| 15 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 16 | Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying . |
| 17 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 18 | It was getting late when , prompted by the thought of having to start work next morning , she paid her bill and reluctantly set off back to the hotel . |
| 19 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 20 | down all these Coronation Street type houses , and erm one of her friends was on the telephone the other night and er this chap draws up in the car and she says I , I wo n't be a minute , and he comes straight out of his car , he said I 'll give you one minute he said , I 'll drive my car and come back down that ro up back to the telephone box and he said if you ai n't gone by then he said I 'll smash your fucking face in , that 's exactly what he said to her . |
| 21 | ‘ Go on back to the house , ’ he said , in a voice that suddenly sounded as weary as hers . |
| 22 | Instantly he did a lightning U-turn and set out back to the stables , leaving Perdita swearing on the stone-hard ground while all the onlookers roared with laughter and Alejandro shouted in broken English at her . |
| 23 | If the returned hash value is greater than the defined table size , the modulus operator wraps around back to the start of the table . |