Example sentences of "[noun sg] back on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He extracted Catherine a short while later and turned the car back on the darkened road which would lead them towards the A1 .
2 Your due back on the ninth ?
3 I put the sheet back in the folder and the folder back on the other rear seat .
4 Several key factors will influence just how quickly Ireland can get its rugby back on the right track : fitness , tough competition and coaching .
5 Well we did have one good result locally ; nice to see Abingdon Town back on the winning trail again ; Vauxhall League division two south that was , Abingdon Town three , Horsham nil , our reporter , Nick Quayle .
6 Two excellent goals from Steve Aries added to an early strike from Liam Herbert to put Town back on the winning trail .
7 ‘ It is important to get the team back on the right track as quickly as possible .
8 I 've got my old job back on the same terms and I 'm delighted .
9 The ‘ billow ’ or cone shape which develops in the sail under air flow couples with sweep back on the leading edges to offer a natural washout .
10 We skirted the artificial Llys y-fran reservoir and chose a route back on the tiny lanes which connect the farms .
11 The BAA now says that new British legislation is vital to put the code back on the right side of the law .
12 Can I put the Home Secretary back on the right road by telling him that the reason why morale in the Northumbria police force is low and why chief constables generally despair is not because the right hon. Gentleman suddenly makes a generous offer of help in a crisis , but because all chief constables , including the new chief constable of Northumbria , want consistency of funding so that they can be sure that they will get the officers and resources they require over a number of years ?
13 The journey back on the four mile journey took 24 minutes against 27 for the outward one , the brakesmen on both bogie trailer cars helping to control the descent .
14 Desperately she tried to get the conversation back on an impersonal footing .
15 Overwhelmed by the damage caused by the massive bombing and defoliation raids from 1961 to 1971 , Vo Quy and a team of Vietnamese scientists began drafting a national conservation strategy to put the country back on a firm ecological footing .
16 Undeterred , he kept his gaze averted , saying quietly , ‘ I have something here which may yet put the company back on an upward spiral .
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