Example sentences of "way back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the train , I had been unable to imagine Flaubert ( howling like an impatient dog ? grumbling ? ardent ? ) making the same journey ; now at this point of pilgrimage , the gateposts were no help in thinking my way back to the hot reunions of Gustave and Louise . |
| 2 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 3 | Marginally refreshed , Auguste made his way back to the Imperial Hotel late that afternoon . |
| 4 | Or survivals at the level of colour : liking for flat and intense colours , local earth and vegetable dyes , which may go all the way back to the ancient textile traditions such as that of the Paracas culture in Peru . |
| 5 | But Tottenham 's problems pale by comparison with those of last night 's opponents ; should Coventry beat Sheffield Wednesday at home tonight and win or draw here on Saturday , then County will be on their way back to the Second Division . |
| 6 | Dave Swindlehurst was Palace 's big , strong goalscorer as we forced our way back to the 1st Division limelight from the obscurity of the 3rd between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 7 | The deputy premier said there was no way back to the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | ’ He thumbed his way back to the private accounts . |
| 9 | They had met when dining at English 's Oyster House , and were on their way back to the rebuilt Grand Hotel for a night-cap and bed . |
| 10 | I yawned my way back to the Narrow Neck . |
| 11 | Even where the entrances were very well hidden by ploughing and cultivation , the rabbits somehow found their way back to the selfsame underground burrows their predecessors had used for generations . |
| 12 | We slide back from our observation positions and pick our way back to the rear area . |
| 13 | Like the Beatles , Keegan was a legend in Liverpool and he has given United a dream ticket to ride all the way back to the Premier League . |
| 14 | For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward . |
| 15 | The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture . |
| 16 | Everything seemed to be going well and Yurchenko was about to provide more useful information when , on 2 November 1985 , he eluded his CIA colleagues at a restaurant in Washington and made his way back to the Russian Embassy and thence to Moscow . |
| 17 | GAUCHE , OVER the top t'witching and ‘ woulding ham job with Julian Sands zapped way back to the 18th Century by Richard E Grant 's title character . |
| 18 | Despite these dangers many birds find their way back to the same spots year after year . |
| 19 | In return for this concession the English government obtained a number of crucial episcopal appointments , not least the translation of Sudbury to Canterbury ; moreover , the good offices of the pope were assured in the current peace negotiations ; finally , some of the money would find its way back to the English crown for the ransom of the pope 's brother , Roger Beaufort , who was then an English prisoner of war . |
| 20 | Maybe the tide will start to turn shortly as the avant-garde begin to lead the way back to the old traditions . |
| 21 | Such information implies a distance of 16 thousand million light years and that the galaxy is seen at a time 83% of the way back to the Big Bang . |
| 22 | She chatted into his ear all the way back to the big house , but he stayed silent . |
| 23 | FINDING A WAY BACK TO THE BIG COUNTRY |
| 24 | Now , I expect you 'll both want to have a nice cold shower — so I 'll leave you to get on with it , ’ he added , giving them another of his slow , friendly smiles before he , too , made his way back to the larger house . |
| 25 | On his way back to the Tented Village Patrick paused at the ‘ short ’ 11th , where a big crowd had collected . |
| 26 | There is every chance that the IDO application will eventually find its way back to the Welsh Office , who have declined to ‘ call it in ’ voluntarily . |
| 27 | It brings us all the way back to the basic concept of human selfishness and the selflessness which typifies the agape love which God demands as well as empowers . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that increasing expenditure on day one of a new Government while failing to deal with the important issue of taxation is the fastest way back to the high levels of inflation which characterised all Labour Governments ? |
| 29 | On our way back to the main road , at the end of the day we persuaded the reluctant Halim to investigate with us the loud festivities issuing from an isolated group of stilt houses . |
| 30 | Let us concentrate rather on the last sentence of the paragraph quoted and work our way back through the foregoing non sequiturs . |