Example sentences of "back at [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German romantic desire to escape from conflict and to arrive back at a state of harmony and unity is one of the most important psychological motives behind European federalism , and it ignores the basic fact that politics is always messy , divided and unharmonious . |
| 2 | The coroner suddenly reined in his horse , staring back at a group of dark figures who had just slipped by . |
| 3 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 4 | But despite a minor stoppage outside splendid sunlit Durham , you could feel the power of the new class 91 locomotives clawing back at the clock on the run in to Newcastle . |
| 5 | The post-war farming depression meant that by 1817 earnings were once again back at the level of the late eighteenth century . |
| 6 | A smiles back at the base with Eamonn Martin , below left , but it was a rocky ride to get there , below |
| 7 | Looking back at the variety of studies conducted on plants in the little field at Henfaes , I feel little temptation to explain the behaviour of organisms within it as perfectly fitted for adaptive optima in an ideally evolved ecosystem . |
| 8 | gazing back at the work to be done |
| 9 | In the first of a three part series , Erika Barnes looks back at the life of the plane affectionately known as Fat Albert . |
| 10 | Another canteen worker in the same village told me she does a shift from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. , returns home to work for her family , then she 's back at the pit from 7.30 p.m. until 10.45 p.m . |
| 11 | If we look back at the exchange between the piano movers , for example , we can see that the verbs ( 's goin , 's got to take , ai n't goin' , do n't , come on ) are all in the present ( although they refer to the future ) . |
| 12 | And it even happens where the clays which overlie the chalk , the tertiary clays which you can see for example in the top of the cliffs at Newhaven , and if you look back at the cliff from the western breakwater for example you can see clay sitting on top of chalk . |
| 13 | Maggie awaken from the damp heavy warmth of Ted 's body dead in sleep and the blankets piled on the single bed with a dip in the middle brushes her hair and clutches back at the ribbon of dreams from the night before . |
| 14 | Li Shai Tung stared back at the boy for a moment , then looked down , chilled by what Ben had said . |
| 15 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 16 | He was fretted by the thought of Kate , back at the scene of crime by now , and he felt a spurt of resentment against Dalgliesh who had involved him in this irrelevant mess . |
| 17 | Back at the scene of the disaster the confusion worked to her advantage . |
| 18 | You may , looking back at the stories about those two ( and you should have read them , twice over ) think they are no more than high old eccentrics bright enough to solve intriguing cases . |
| 19 | It was dark when we finally left the area of the 51st Highland Division , arriving back at the clearing in the woods near to Bavent , very much refreshed , outwardly and inwardly , not forgetting the gift of a bottle of best malt whisky . |
| 20 | Charlton will be hoping their next home game , back at The Valley after seven years away , will revitalise their fading promotion challenge . |
| 21 | David Mannion , ITN 's editor of ITV programmes , hit back at the BBC in an internal newsletter . |
| 22 | I looked back at the silhouette of the house through a haze of sun : tall chimneys and mellow brickwork in the older part . |
| 23 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 24 | Wiping it away with his handkerchief , he closed his eyes , opened them and looked round the room , then back at the newsprint in front of him , as if he might have been dreaming or have imagined it . |
| 25 | Poverty and unemployment are escalating ; education and health are back at the bottom of the agenda . |
| 26 | When the emergent leaves are formed , they should be cut back at the bottom at the stalks . |
| 27 | They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it . |
| 28 | Back at the beginning of the eighties Bath coach Jack Rowell was looking to build a side for the future . |
| 29 | They were now back at the beginning of their conversation , which was not very helpful . |
| 30 | Back at the beginning of November we instigated our first car boot sale , which we reluctantly accept was less than a 110 per cent success . |