Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 32 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |
| 33 | Disappointed , she turned away and slid back between the sheets . |
| 34 | She pulled away and scrambled back to her side of the seat , but not before he gave her a knowing little smile . |
| 35 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 36 | Rory rolled her eyes heavenwards and settled back on the sun-lounger . |
| 37 | Anneka Patel , of Cypriana Holidays , said yesterday : ‘ He will be back on the cruise ship tonight and arriving back into Cyprus tomorrow morning to continue his holiday . |
| 38 | Day Six : With a salute from the dawn chorus , your cruiser leaves at 6.30am and heads back to Cologne . |
| 39 | The fellow opened his mouth soundlessly and pointed back down the track . |
| 40 | She 'd say they 've just had a restaurant there , that would n't be so bad as a take away But getting back to the finances , I mean the Two Hundred Club over the years it has been in operation , I mean with what it gets this , what they get this year , supposing it 's not a thousand , supposing eight hundred , it might even be about eight thousand might n't it ? |
| 41 | The door burst inward and crashed back against the wall . |
| 42 | Amiss left thankfully and went back to his researches in the library . |
| 43 | The apprentice put the ladle to its mouth , then nodded appreciatively and started back down the ladder as the seneschal continued , going against tradition . |
| 44 | Nevertheless , when he shifted noiselessly and settled back in his chair she spoke , apparently in her sleep , murmuring : ‘ You wo n't go away ? ’ |
| 45 | Swarf swallowed nervously and descended back into the castle . |
| 46 | Her head full of these questions , she turned wearily and went back into the kitchen . |
| 47 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 48 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 49 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 50 | Corbett smiled drily and leaned back in his chair , half-listening to the Prince 's footsteps in the gallery outside . |
| 51 | They turned quickly and looked back at the city . |
| 52 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 53 | I put my Summerchild file aside and turn back to the Quality of Life . |
| 54 | She tossed the stone aside and headed back to her car , looking round again , even more aware of the silence and lack of birdsong . |
| 55 | They struck us aside and went back into the sea , taking Undry with them . ’ |
| 56 | Okay , we 'll come back and pick up with you again , if we may , in a few moments time , but I wanted to change tack once more and go back to the telephones , and waiting to talk to us now is Alan Spong , he 's a director of Lunn Poly , one of the country 's leading travel agents . |
| 57 | It asked the officers to reflect on the discussions which led up to , and followed the issue of , Partnership in Validation , and subsequently accepted the advice offered in an officers ' paper to set up a working party to pursue the discussion further and report back in May 1978 , after consulting the Council 's committees and boards . |
| 58 | He scrambled upright and went back into the empty flat . |
| 59 | There again , that 's the best of both worlds ; I have a chance to go out and play stadiums and arenas and then I get to go home and go back to the way I was , although with a lot more experience under my belt . |
| 60 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said calmly and came back across the room . |