Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be a growing need for experienced businesspeople to go back to school . |
| 2 | ‘ You were only doing it for yourself , using it as an excuse to go back in time and relive old memories . ’ |
| 3 | The machine was n't fit for this purpose so he had to good case to go back to Dixons and ask either for a replacement or his money back . |
| 4 | Having made a tentative decision to come back to nursing , it would be similarly useful to compare your reasons for doing so in the light of the previous exercise . |
| 5 | As she was treated in hospital , the terrified teenager had confessed : ‘ I do n't know if I will have the nerve to go back to work . |
| 6 | And then sailed from Montreal , I was going to go back my , it was my intention to go back to New York , but I changed my mind at Montreal and sailed down the St Lawrence from Montreal , back to Glasgow . |
| 7 | He wants Garry to go back to Berenice , and it 's important he does go , at once . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Asking the superintendent to come back after lunch ? ’ |
| 9 | Whitlock paused in the doorway to look back at Rachel . |
| 10 | The Marshal would see it only as an attempt to get back at Ebert . |
| 11 | Over the past few months , governments have been considering action to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 12 | Thank you President and Congress for granting me the honour to report back on behalf of the ten G M B Members in the European Parliament . |
| 13 | It 's still sixteen , Joe Joe said he did nay reckon he 's going to get the management to shift back to October |
| 14 | The way was open for the Cabinet committee to get back to work . |
| 15 | An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’ |
| 16 | There is no need to go back to square one ; just a few steps backward is all that is needed . |
| 17 | They were delighted and arranged a reception for him in a studio formerly occupied by Chagall , who had left France before the war to go back to Russia to get married . |
| 18 | If , by then , it is obvious that there is plenty of room to turn back into wind and land , this is the sensible thing to do . |
| 19 | And because this phrase has been much abused and misunderstood , it may be useful at this point to refer back to Erikson , to whom we owe it in the first place . |
| 20 | With one final intimate raking of her naked form as if unable to help himself , he allowed the curtain to swish back into place . |
| 21 | I was feeling the need to get back to bed and to sleep . |
| 22 | ‘ Would not your children like a nice pet to take back to England ? ’ |
| 23 | What I do want is some wine to take back to school tomorrow , oh er I mean |
| 24 | They wandered off to the north-east a bit but not badly enough to get really lost , and after a while made a correction to drift back to north . |
| 25 | The union is constantly looking out for ways like this to show promoters , record companies and the rest of the music industry the right way to treat musicians , and to remind the business yet again of their responsibility to put back into music just a small part of the rewards which they enjoy , thanks to the skills of musicians . |
| 26 | A slow retrieve , occasionally stopping to allow the bait to sink back to depth , then speeding up to run the bait to the surface working the bait as a lure or wobbled bait would be , the difference is that on this occasion you could be doing it at 150 yards from the bank and an area never covered by bankside wobblers . |
| 27 | ‘ I only hope I get the chance to come back against Crusaders next week , ’ said the Scottish based goal ace . |
| 28 | The company would retaliate with a double gang , one gang to decoy the landlords ' men to drinks in the nearest pub , the other to put back to rails to let the train through . |
| 29 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 30 | Well if you do it 'll give us a chance to find out whether he 's coming home today or tomorrow , and it 'll give your mum a chance to get back to Southwold |