Example sentences of "[adv prt] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 2 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 3 | Froebe stormed off back down the tunnel towards the approaching sound of booted feet , shouting orders all the way . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |
| 5 | Goodbye , Miss — er — ’ And she was off back down the corridor . |
| 6 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 7 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 8 | The wolves yelped uncontrollably , throwing their riders into the mess before scampering off back to the hills their tails tucked firmly between their legs . |
| 9 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 10 | We start off back to the pueblo . |
| 11 | The basket moved off back to the mainland . |
| 12 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 13 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 14 | It was getting late when , prompted by the thought of having to start work next morning , she paid her bill and reluctantly set off back to the hotel . |
| 15 | Nicholas sent him off back to the tunnel , and glanced upwards . |
| 16 | She shrugged , than scurried off back to the office , showing a lot of thigh . |
| 17 | You do n't imagine we can simply walk out of here , do you ? — win or lose , up stakes and toddle off back to the world of boiled cabbage and beds with sheets ? |
| 18 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 19 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 20 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 21 | Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying . |
| 22 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 23 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 24 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 25 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 26 | down all these Coronation Street type houses , and erm one of her friends was on the telephone the other night and er this chap draws up in the car and she says I , I wo n't be a minute , and he comes straight out of his car , he said I 'll give you one minute he said , I 'll drive my car and come back down that ro up back to the telephone box and he said if you ai n't gone by then he said I 'll smash your fucking face in , that 's exactly what he said to her . |
| 27 | They completed a circular walk through the woods , tramping through leaves and bracken and ending up back at the minibus where Sybil announced it was time to go back to Conway House for lunch . |
| 28 | After a while , the lad turned up back at the farm and offered to work for two shillings and pay his own insurance stamp . |
| 29 | When he turns up back at the flat , he has a bunch of red gladioli . |
| 30 | Right get up back on the stool then . |