Example sentences of "back [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling stupid and wretched and impossibly wet , her cord trousers clinging horribly to her legs , her sweater feeling ten times heavier with the weight of water , she glared ahead of her as Leo courteously helped her back on to firm ground . |
| 2 | Get back on to Classic Gold . |
| 3 | To try to rejuvenate his fading presidency Reagan wanted to be seen on prime-time network television across America greeting each hostage in turn as they stepped safely back on to American soil . |
| 4 | Oscar Esmond Godolphin always recited a little prayer in praise of democracy when , after one of his trips to the Dominions , he stepped back on to English soil . |
| 5 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 6 | Finish by slowing back down to normal training pace again for the last 16 to 17 minutes . |
| 7 | The world of the first century was marked by a deep awareness of doubt , but usually doubt was traced back only to cultural irresolution or philosophical scepticism . |
| 8 | It really goes really quiet and then comes back up to full volume . |
| 9 | Move back now to medical education . |