Example sentences of "[vb pp] back to [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dunvegan was the headquarters of the clan Macleod ; the old castle , a ruin in Johnson 's time , dated back to a time of Viking rule . |
| 2 | The British connection dated back to the time when Jacobite refugees settled here in the eighteenth century , but it was after Wellington 's victories in the region early in the 1800s that it became serious . |
| 3 | He had only to pick one of them up to be transported back to the time and place of its acquisition . |
| 4 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 5 | Their heritage can be traced back to the time of the destruction of the Temple in 586 BC , when the Jews were taken captive into exile by the Babylonians . |
| 6 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 7 | The time of the execution is also altered , being brought back to a time traditionally associated with " dawn " executions . |
| 8 | Hypnotists working for the police ask an individual , most commonly a witness or a victim , to imagine that he has gone back to the time of the crime . |