Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
2 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
3 | It was the thud of a horse 's hooves , very near , almost on her , which jerked her back to reality . |
4 | Then I got back my artillery , and the subdued Jackson drove me back to town . |
5 | She shooed him back to bed in front of her and he went meekly enough , entering with studied indifference , tapping his fingertips together as he went . |
6 | She hauled herself back to reality . |
7 | A hand falling on Ace 's shoulder startled her back to reality , and she found herself facing a dripping Benny . |
8 | I did n't begin to feel again until anger kissed me back to life at the inquest . |
9 | Jay grinned ear to ear , commiserated and ordered him back to bed . |
10 | They caught up with the truck and followed it back to camp . |
11 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |
12 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
13 | She led him back to school kindly . |
14 | The field ambulance minibus ran the boys down into town , and brought them back to camp in hourly shuttles until 0300 hours . |
15 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
16 | Are you regretting that you ever brought me back to life , Pygmalion ? |
17 | The touch of the hard floor brought me back to reality . |
18 | Clifford-like with what I was saying , they quickly brought me back to reality . ’ |
19 | Instinct alone brought me back to alertness , a warning pulse from the innermost guardian of my being . |
20 | Kāli 's voice brought me back to earth . |
21 | He sent on Dublin and Mick Norbury and , within 30 seconds of the restart , they combined to give Cambridge the victory which , after four successive draws , took them back to second in the table . |
22 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
23 | Longing now to jump back on board , Mungo watched as the mighty engine woke from its doze and heaved itself back to wakefulness with huge , slow piston strokes . |
24 | And in September ninety two , if I took you back to sort of September ninety one figures were quite different , well in September ninety two , eighty nine percent of our business was next day . |
25 | That brought him back to life . |
26 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
27 | A sharp knock at the door brought him back to earth . |
28 | But what else he could paint , other than trash for the tourists , brought him back to earth . |
29 | Three putts took him back to par , continuing the story of his first round in which he hit 16 greens in regulation but missed seven putts inside 8ft . |
30 | When Suzie finally emerged she sent him back to bed . |