Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 2 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 3 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 4 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 5 | ‘ I cut a picture of a model in a swimsuit out of Vogue and posted it back to one man . |
| 6 | Once you 've chosen your lights and bought the transformer and cable , all you have to do is position the lights , run the cable to them , and connect it back to the transformer terminals . |
| 7 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 8 | The trust agreed to renovate the houses and sell them back to their former owners for the cost of the work and the trust 's expenses , less the value of grants obtained . |
| 9 | Although it is not mentioned in the Act , the Government intended to act as an agent of the Government of India , by using its compulsory powers to purchase the site of the India Office and sell it back to the Indian Government . |
| 10 | KRRS alleges that foreign seed companies buy seed from farmers , treat it and sell it back to them at a hefty profit . |
| 11 | For once they managed to evade the searchlights , dodge the guard-dogs , tunnel under the barbed wire and make it back to the sanctuary of their bunks before Stein and the Stalag Squad knew they were gone . |
| 12 | At one point of the journey through them you can take to a boat , and to carry you back to the daylight there is a miniature railway . |
| 13 | You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’ |
| 14 | His occupation , which was that of picking up men in a neighbouring public house , with which he had a working arrangement , during the evening hours , and bringing them back to the boat , was not particularly profitable . |
| 15 | When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars . |
| 16 | Extracting this heat involves pumping water down an injection borehole drilled from the surface , circulating it through pre-existing fractures , or joints , in the rock , which have been enlarged using high-pressure liquid , and bringing it back to the surface via a second borehole . |
| 17 | Just collecting from somewhere else and bringing it back to themselves . |
| 18 | ‘ This will help to redress the balance and bring them back to a positive situation . |
| 19 | The same undertaker as had handled the disposal of Jacob 's body would collect the coffins and bring them back to Suffolk . |
| 20 | Go and bring them back to . |
| 21 | We call upon the BBC for a radical change of policy and demand programmes which build character instead of destroying it , which encourage and sustain faith in God and bring Him back to the heart of our family and national life . |
| 22 | In the end I had to go up to him and bring him back to the fire . |
| 23 | You see we 'll keep good hold of him , and bring him back to you bound , if need be . |
| 24 | In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident . |
| 25 | Could I say to the minister and bring him back to the real world about regeneration . |
| 26 | The additional thermic effect produced by the Walking Diet ( low fat food and aerobic exercise ) will gradually help produce the change in body shape that you desire and bring you back to your target weight . |
| 27 | Once a site in a bush or tree has been selected , the pair of long-ta fled tits search for moss and bring it back to the site . |
| 28 | He took a stick and poked the leaves till they glowed , orange flames flickered around the strap and the helmet began to shrivel , slowly becoming unrecognisable , so that Barnes would n't pull it out later and bring it back to the house . |
| 29 | You will memorise the message and bring it back to me and Doctor Agrippa . ’ |
| 30 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |