Example sentences of "back to [pron] old [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Whether he did or did not , he was back in very short order saying that the crew had decided to go back to their old squadron , and I cleared him to return to his squadron that same afternoon .
2 We , we kept on er making or doing repairs for the Ministry of Works for about ooh seven or eight years after the war finished , which kept a lot of men working in Galashiels when we , you know , when they were n't very sure if they could come back to their old jobs .
3 Then , as soon as they were given access to each other , and also to the small molecules needed as raw materials , in water , both got back to their old tricks even though they were no longer in a living cell but in a test tube .
4 They become very passive but as soon as they 've had the baby they 're back to their old selves again and you think , God , is it the same girl ?
5 Nikola Koljevic , their deputy leader , says Serbs will go back to their old demand for a Bosnian confederation of independent Serb , Muslim and Croat states .
6 Going back to their old ground are John Gorman , Terry Fenwick and John Moncur .
7 The PVO rebels went back to their old game of harassing the Karens who had been restless ever since their claims to a separate state on ambitious lines had failed .
8 By the time they make up their mind , the Chinese will probably be back to their old ways . ’
9 Others have slipped back to their old ways .
10 Going back to her old love was impossible because of his drinking habits .
11 Now that she was going to stay on in France for a while and not go back to her old school , she 'd already let go of those friends .
12 If Sien went back with them , she would be driven back to her old life in no time .
13 She had let her guard down to an enormous extent and the idea of going back to her old life was actually frightening .
14 However after two weeks , the weeping cleared up and she felt very much better , back to her old self of ten years before .
15 She was over it , and gradually getting back to her old self .
16 However , the name is n't very new it is reverting back to its old name , The Causeway .
17 After the fire Altovar Limited moved back to its old premises .
18 Pretending that you can go back to your old life , and forget all about these last few days . ’
19 ‘ By dinnertime you will be back to your old self , quite normal . ’
20 The things that I picked up on was erm when , when you started , I thought that overall I mean you were getting the message across and , and overall that , you know , erm there was a lot of the areas that you tackled very well , and you reverted back to your old self and you did a lot better .
21 The likelihood is that you 'll go back to your old ways so you 'll have achieved nothing .
22 You can stand , and if you 're not elected you simply go back to your old job .
23 If you have really strong will-power and become slim , reverting back to your old eating habits often puts the weight straight back on again .
24 I 'm going back to my old employers in London , though . ’
25 He could see that I was slowly but surely getting back to my old self , and to my own poetry .
26 But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love .
27 I hope she do n't tell me to go back to my old room , cos I really like sleeping with Marie .
28 I went back to my old eating habits and slowly put on more weight .
29 Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be meeting an author who 's been back to his old school to sign copies of his book … and he 's only TEN years old .
30 Anyway , it was good that Taff was back to his old self .
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