Example sentences of "[adv] back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's set far enough back from the road , |
| 2 | So back to the surgery . |
| 3 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 4 | So back to the back to E. |
| 5 | So back to the house , screwdriver delivered to surgery , and home yet again . |
| 6 | He 's only back from the war two minutes and he 's put the Medical Officer of Health 's nose out of joint . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't I buy you a coffee ? ’ she suggested , and they began to walk towards the refreshment tent , Lissa 's glance drifting idly back towards the boat . |
| 8 | Moreover , land use planning , which in the early 1980s was alleged to be an obstacle to investment , is very much back on the agenda . |
| 9 | The idea for this workshop came out of a realisation that Modularity was very much back on the agenda in a wide variety of institutions . |
| 10 | A moment later he was running eagerly back across the camp to help the Moi with the skinning of the massive bull he himself had killed , unaided . |
| 11 | Sir Gerard 's mind slipped eagerly back into the past . |
| 12 | Therefore the total water volume of your aquarium ( 100 litres ) should be turned over a maximum of once every hour , and the water should flow very gently back into the aquarium , avoiding strong currents and surface turbulence . |
| 13 | The enclosed cab is covered in lightly-grained black Tolex with no corner pieces , while the front , which angles gently back towards the top , is more rock'n'roll than it looks . |
| 14 | The glass was placed gently back on the counter in front of Newman . |
| 15 | This will do you no harm at all , although to be brought gently back to the present by the voice of the therapist is a more satisfactory way . |
| 16 | Pyjamas and track-suits and Ian Botham 's ridiculous dark spectacles under the Melbourne floodlights seemed mercifully remote until Michael Melluish , MCC 's youthful-looking president , just back from Australia , brought our thoughts gently back to the world scene of the '90s . |
| 17 | One advantage of this approach is that you become accustomed to the throttle setting which will allow the model to settle gently back to the ground rather than falling rapidly . |
| 18 | The food-finder might instead single out one other nest mate , and then lead it alone back to the food source . |
| 19 | She gave a pleased smile at Sabine 's delighted acceptance , and disappeared purposefully back to the farm . |
| 20 | Fran gave him a watery smile , then turned her attention pointedly back to the schedule to forestall any further questions , and Fred took the hint . |
| 21 | I cram the minute halfway back into the stack of papers in the Quaker Oats box to mark where it came from and pick up the box . |
| 22 | But he waited-until the carriage was out of sight and then took her in its wake , halfway back into the centre . |
| 23 | Halfway back towards the car I see someone standing there . |
| 24 | Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action . |
| 25 | Hilda 's home was near the convent , and the tube train seemed to be boring a hole into the past , bearing her inexorably back to the source of her purest happiness and pain . |
| 26 | If you tire of the beach and the windsurfers , pedalos or sailing dinghies — all included in the price of course — join the games and competitions run all day long back at the Club by the entertainments team . |
| 27 | Indeed , Sombro was not long back from the town when he arrived at North Point and he appeared tired and wan as he looked up with those big eyes he inherited from the Labrador side of his lineage . |
| 28 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 29 | As he expected , this path , newly uncovered by the rockfall , led him impossibly back to the tunnel where Urnst had dropped the glove . |
| 30 | Finally he found his way painfully back to the house , and closed the door . |