Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the conclusion of The Return of the King , the third of the three books — Tolkien always denied they were a trilogy — Frodo and his friends ride back to their lost land , to discover that ‘ they cared about it more than any other place in the world ’ , though its cottages and gardens have been laid waste and replaced by ugly new houses and factories belching smoke ; and they defeat the ruffians who had defiled it and resume the kingdom of little men . |
| 32 | Then , as soon as they were given access to each other , and also to the small molecules needed as raw materials , in water , both got back to their old tricks even though they were no longer in a living cell but in a test tube . |
| 33 | They 're going back to their big tomes here . |
| 34 | Going back to their old ground are John Gorman , Terry Fenwick and John Moncur . |
| 35 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 36 | JOHN PRENN and Willie Boone , both former world champions , lived up to their second-place seedings in this year 's Lacoste British Open doubles rackets championships at Queen 's Club , with a 15-1 , 15-9 , 15-7 , 5-15 , 15-0 victory over Terry Whatley and Giles Palmer , writes Dudley Macdonald . |
| 37 | And when it came , the announcement lived up to their worst fears . |
| 38 | The Italians lost in the league on Sunday but they 're still confident of progressing to the quarter finals of the Cup winners ' cup by holding on to their one goal advantage . |
| 39 | An officially estimated 75 per cent of British children speak their mother tongue , which they hear at home , abysmally , and will , in the course of time , pass on to their own children , since , after all , languages are first learnt with the ears and not grammar books . |
| 40 | And with seven and a half minutes of injury time Milton hung on to their slender lead ; final score here at Bishops Cleve was Bishops Cleve nil , Milton United one . |
| 41 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 42 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 43 | Buyers Barbara and Tom Mason are looking forward to moving in to their new Blyth home this summer . |
| 44 | Both May and Bert are determined not to give in to their physical weaknesses . |
| 45 | Greenshanks were flying over to their night-time roost in the park . |
| 46 | As the recital proceeded , the teachers began to drift off to their appointed confessional boxes , anxious to miss , on any excuse , as much as possible of the headmaster 's address . |
| 47 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 48 | They should face up to their fresh legislative responsibilities candidly . |
| 49 | Crimean Tatars had been drifting back to their former homeland since 1987 , and a June 1988 central government ruling confirmed their right to residency [ see p. 36036 ] . |
| 50 | Unless they get back to their winning ways Rovers could even miss the play-offs . |
| 51 | When they get back to their own places they go to the middle and pick up a ‘ pearl ’ and go back to stand in their places . |
| 52 | After Downes had been driven away , Morse and Lewis walked back to their own car , where Morse gave urgent instructions to the forensic lab to sent a couple of their whizz-kids over to the railway station — immediately ! — and to Kidlington HQ to see that a breakdown van would be available in about an hour 's time to ferry away a certain Metro . |
| 53 | Disgusted , Douglas shouted that there were plenty of trees on the village green to hang all these , and ordered the sad crew to be herded back to their burning homes . |
| 54 | Scum back to their usual tricks , outplayed for 80mins at Everton yet scab a 1–0 win . |
| 55 | Only by getting back to their male roots can these over-complex men become better lovers , fathers and friends . |
| 56 | ‘ They 'll return back to their own world once they 've had their fun . |
| 57 | Few of them got back to their own country . |
| 58 | In vitro analyses have shown that the effect of these mutations on CytR repression is indirect and can be traced back to their inhibitory effect on DNA binding of cAMP-CRP ( 2 ) . |
| 59 | The different interpretation of positional signals by arms and legs can be traced back to their different developmental history , each bud arising at a different level along the main body axis . |
| 60 | Today they 're preparing to drive back to their tented barracks on the coast in Split , to pick up another consignment of supplies . |