Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the pair finish one car they go back to the beginning of their segment and start on another . |
| 2 | It is well established that objects are perceived to have the same colour despite quite extensive variations in the colour of the light with which they are illuminated and hence the wavelength of the light they reflect back to the retina . |
| 3 | They took a boat trip to see the seals , and in the evening they went back to the camp and lit a picnic-type disposable barbecue and ate burgers and sausages and fresh crunchy salad they had bought in Blakeney . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got one thing to tell you and one favour to ask of you , ’ Ian said to Julia the minute they got back to the Amy Roy . |
| 5 | Finally in despair they turned back for the fleet , but on approaching this , the ships all scattered under the impression that an enemy torpedo raid was coming in . |
| 6 | After a little while they got back to me and says right one 's finally broken down , the seventeen year old , it took them an hour and an half , we 've broke him down he 's admitted he 's done it . |
| 7 | ‘ According to the town guide they date back to Celtic times . |
| 8 | Many husbands took responsibility for saving for such major items of expenditure as furniture or even boots out of the money they kept back for themselves . |
| 9 | Mates of theirs if there 's a fight they come back with blades and that and like baseball bats , hammers , they get ready for a fight , but they 're all gone . |
| 10 | And he half hopped and half flew up the rough beach , stopping frequently to see that she was following , until with a final struggle they got back to safe rocks along the cliffs over the tideline . |
| 11 | Spurs will be skippered at the Dell by Neil Ruddock — the man they bought back from Southampton for £750,000 this summer . |
| 12 | And through the blueness of the dawn they walked back to the village together . |
| 13 | The coroner came back , grinned at Athelstan , — belched loudly , and without further ado they went back into the street . |
| 14 | Last year they came back for a checkup and medics found their wheelchairs were ruined by the war torn terrain . |
| 15 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 16 | By the time they came back to the club house the sun was already setting . |
| 17 | By the time they got back to the house it was past eight . |
| 18 | They walked the rest of the distance in silence , and by the time they got back to the car it was baking hot . |
| 19 | I do n't think there were many sober players by the time they got back to Leeds . |
| 20 | By the time they got back to the Buccaneer , the sun was turning pink and orange to usher in another early Caribbean night , and Virginia felt weary with the emotional tension of avoiding either body or eye contact with her companion , and keeping the conversation on a relentlessly impersonal level . |