Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by that time four of the enemy ships were wrecks , one was aground and two of the remainder sufficiently damaged to make it doubtful whether they would ever reach their home ports — which was most evidently the hope of the survivors , as they went through the difficult , desperate business of turning in the confined space and heading back out to sea . |
| 2 | as I say Pam and her husband are going back down to villa erm in June I mean Val wants me and Rudy to go down to the villa , they 're going from July to the end of September this , this year , probably for longer , but erm |
| 3 | The Volvo left the ground for precious seconds , flying through the air before finally crashing back down to earth with a sickening jolt that jarred every bone in her body . |
| 4 | She wanted to postpone any thoughts of coming back down to reality for as long as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ When you create chances , especially against Hearts , and do n't take them , then you ca n't have any complaints , ’ admitted McLean after literally coming back down to earth . |
| 6 | Suddenly the sound of a door , of someone coming in from outside , brought Leith tumbling , falling back down to earth . |
| 7 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |