Example sentences of "back [prep] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was no going back for the impoverished Miss Theodosia Kyte . |
| 2 | India certainly got its own back for the British Raj by imposing this horrific version of the bungalow upon us . |
| 3 | And as , in this case , we are not concerned with a specific track , there is no requirement to get back onto the original QDM . |
| 4 | If it has one significant advantage , other than its relatively low cost , it is in its ability to grow back into the complete XPS system should the user ever require such capabilities . |
| 5 | She pushed the papers back into the large Crockford and looked round the room , realising there ought to be a servants ' stair to the first floor continuing the one running from the ground floor to the basement . |
| 6 | This could n't be true , I thought , as the man inserted the chisel into my mouth and poised the mallet ; but all doubts were erased as the metal rod thudded against the remnants of my tooth and my head in turn shot back into the little WAAF 's bosom . |
| 7 | They 're back in the new Mazda MX5 . |
| 8 | Back in the living-room Helen settled down to read while he dabbled with a crossword . |
| 9 | Workers will not be allowed back on the out-of-service Vulcan II well in Conoco 's Vulcan field until the area is completely clear of gas . |
| 10 | All of whom have been second-guessed by Ollie , who romps his plodmobile ( definitely not a Lagonda ! ) gaily down the Bayswater Road , barrels up Piccadilly , even throttles back on the vacant Euston Road to give the competition a sporting chance . |
| 11 | But then it is believed Diana and her children will be back on the huge Althorp Estate . |
| 12 | Think further back to the famous Oxford three-quarter line of Iain Smith , Phil Macpherson , George Aitken and A.C. Wallace . |
| 13 | He turned back to the young T'ang , nodding . |
| 14 | When the Dutch Texel × Welsh Mule females were crossed back to the Dutch Texel the E grade level increased to 60% . |
| 15 | She made a frantic leap to shake them off , as they lifted her back and front nearside feet over the rope and positioned her with her back to the revving Mercedes again . |
| 16 | Talk is of household refuse trains going back to the moth-balled Gobowen to Nanbrynmawr line — from Manchester . |
| 17 | ‘ OK then , back to the real Dudley Moore , the clichéd Dudley Moore , the Dudley Moore you see before you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We must drive out Medoc , we must send him back to the Dark Ireland , and we must seal up the terrible Gateway that he opened before the creatures and the monsters of that Realm flood through it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll have you flown back to the Grand Bahama today , ’ Crowninshield said patiently , ‘ and the twins can join you on Sunday morning . ’ |
| 20 | Er , at the time , we had no response when this was announced by Jim erm , it does in fact clash with our council meeting but in view of the fact that erm our business meeting Se , in December is not until the second Monday , I would be happy to put the erm council meeting back to the following Monday if there was sufficient interest from the members . |
| 21 | KEVIN McGARRITY is going back to the British Vauxhall Lotus championship — and back to the team he quit midway through last season . |
| 22 | Hauser turned away , walked slowly back to the waiting Sikorsky . |
| 23 | Carrie 's young brother was waiting to tie up a brace of barges to a river tug for their journey back to the Royal Albert Dock and he had taken the opportunity to visit his sister and her husband in the dining rooms . |
| 24 | A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . |
| 25 | Born into one of the oldest families of Ulthuan , the brothers can trace their line back to the doomed King Aenarion , first and mightiest of the Phoenix Kings of Ulthuan . |
| 26 | Burton said that he had promised to go back to the Old Vic for £45 a week to do Hamlet , and he was sticking to it . |
| 27 | Back to the Old Vic . |
| 28 | That has opened new wounds in relationships between the two sides , barely on speaking terms after bad blood dating back to the infamous Shakoor Rana-Mike Gatting bust-up . |
| 29 | On his way back to the Tented Village Patrick paused at the ‘ short ’ 11th , where a big crowd had collected . |
| 30 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |