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 .
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