Example sentences of "back through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 2 | by no means all rhyolite lavas are associated with obsidian — the majority are not — and , as one goes further back through the geological record , obsidian becomes progressively more and more scarce , due to devitrification , and none at all is found in rocks more than a few million years old . |
| 3 | Small though he was , he carried her over his shoulder , passing back through the frozen forest to the snow field beyond . |
| 4 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 5 | Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is . |
| 6 | Willie longed to touch it but it was put under the counter and he quickly followed Tom back through the dark tunnel of materials and out into the daylight . |
| 7 | We mounted and rode back through the lazy summer sunshine , the Scottish troopers massing behind whilst Vauban pushed forward between us . |
| 8 | ‘ And she likes the house to stay just the same , ’ she remarked to Fru Gertlinger , as she swept back through the green-baize door for yet more toast , ‘ so she 's not going to object to the blue room being returned to its former colours . |
| 9 | I walked sadly back through the connecting passage to Number 11 , and waited almost stunned with the news . |
| 10 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 11 | If any party on the management committee does n't like the split it will five member it back through the whole structure to this county council and we shall have proceeded no further . |
| 12 | And do n't forget I want you to demonstrate listening back through the open question through the questions . |
| 13 | If the letter then comes back through the dead letter office , the plaintiff 's solicitor should make his own application to set aside any interlocutory judgment he has signed . |
| 14 | Both looked well pleased after hours of hard drinking and glowered at their sober master 's harsh strictures to leave their ale and go back through the pouring rain to King 's Steps and another unpleasant journey along the Thames . |
| 15 | ‘ In a Darkfall — they do , ’ replied Rohmer — and now he was striding back through the biting wind towards the office block . |