Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the thud of a horse 's hooves , very near , almost on her , which jerked her back to reality . |
| 2 | Then I got back my artillery , and the subdued Jackson drove me back to town . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A hand falling on Ace 's shoulder startled her back to reality , and she found herself facing a dripping Benny . |
| 5 | I did n't begin to feel again until anger kissed me back to life at the inquest . |
| 6 | Jay grinned ear to ear , commiserated and ordered him back to bed . |
| 7 | They caught up with the truck and followed it back to camp . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She led him back to school kindly . |
| 10 | The field ambulance minibus ran the boys down into town , and brought them back to camp in hourly shuttles until 0300 hours . |
| 11 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
| 12 | Are you regretting that you ever brought me back to life , Pygmalion ? |
| 13 | The touch of the hard floor brought me back to reality . |
| 14 | Clifford-like with what I was saying , they quickly brought me back to reality . ’ |
| 15 | Instinct alone brought me back to alertness , a warning pulse from the innermost guardian of my being . |
| 16 | Kāli 's voice brought me back to earth . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | That brought him back to life . |
| 20 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 21 | A sharp knock at the door brought him back to earth . |
| 22 | But what else he could paint , other than trash for the tourists , brought him back to earth . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When Suzie finally emerged she sent him back to bed . |
| 25 | I therefore took with us Ergay , one of our zabanias , selected a place to sleep under an overhanging rock and sent him back to camp to bring Birru in the evening with a mule , blankets and food . |
| 26 | He says did n't realise it was so serious and sent him back to class with an ice pack . |
| 27 | That brought her back to life . |
| 28 | The intrusion of the world brought her back to reality with a thud . |
| 29 | James to a course book , and was nodding through the unhinged pastures of the higher criticism when Jessica brought her back to reality with the sharp bone of her eager knuckle . |
| 30 | His angry words brought her back to reality , but did nothing to take away her sense of grievance . |