Example sentences of "of [v-ing] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead of driving back to Broom House , she went into the village . |
2 | If you feel that you have quite enough on your plate with a small child , then the idea of going back to education may not appeal , and many mothers I talked to said they had no such plans at present . |
3 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
4 | The Women Returners ' Network is a group of working mothers who got together to help women with the challenges of going back to work . |
5 | Okay , go back to work , fully recovered , okay , if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again , due to the same or related condition as the last claim , then we wo n't install , or employ the deferred period , we 'll treat is as a continuation of the previous claim . |
6 | So if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again . |
7 | When I have been entertaining Shirley and Terry Jones doing an evening meal on a Saturday or a Sunday and sometimes both to help Shirley when she was getting into the run of going back to work I found that one of the cheapest of dinner party deserts was lemon meringue pie . |
8 | Yes , yes When I have , have been entertaining Shirley and Terry , doing an evening meal on a Saturday or a Sunday , sometimes both to help Shirley when she 's getting into the run of going back to work I found that one of the cheapest of dinner party deserts is lemon meringue pie |
9 | ‘ Mummy , I 'm thinking of going back to college . ’ |
10 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
11 | My thoughts were interrupted by Jock saying very quietly , ‘ If you are thinking of getting back to H.Q , Piper , I advise you to piss off as soon as you can . ’ |
12 | Today the town shows some signs of coming back to life . |
13 | But erm I stopped there till the war was finished and then er I went back to the Lock and as asked them if th there was any chance of coming back to work there , you know , cos and er they said oh yes , as long as you like . |
14 | I divided some of those files into sub-files and we have got rid of quite a bit of it now so you need n't be frightened of coming back to week-end working . |
15 | It was with a slight shock of coming back to reality that she remembered her resolution to visit Miss Grimes on her way home that evening , as part of her contribution to Christmas goodwill , a sort of ‘ good turn ’ done to somebody for whom one felt no affection . |