Example sentences of "they [vb past] back to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the three goblins , they crept back to the king of the vookodlaks and he beat them all , and made them stand on their heads in the mud for three years and thirty days . |
| 2 | It was a great escape for a team so used to getting caught , but Rough and his fellow revellers chanced their luck and noisily ordered room-service when they got back to the hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ When they got back to the Lodge around eleven o'clock , Pinder ostentatiously said ‘ 'goodnight ’ to the group and went back to his own bedroom . |
| 4 | When they got back to the farmyard the Substitute had vanished . |
| 5 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 6 | By the time they got back to the house it was past eight . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got one thing to tell you and one favour to ask of you , ’ Ian said to Julia the minute they got back to the Amy Roy . |
| 8 | They walked the rest of the distance in silence , and by the time they got back to the car it was baking hot . |
| 9 | When they got back to the flat , Mum emptied out all the vegetables and fruit and Pete took the box to his room . |
| 10 | And when they got back to the meadow , Lucie had sent all the people home , refusing every one of their eager tributes . |
| 11 | By the time they got back to the Buccaneer , the sun was turning pink and orange to usher in another early Caribbean night , and Virginia felt weary with the emotional tension of avoiding either body or eye contact with her companion , and keeping the conversation on a relentlessly impersonal level . |
| 12 | When they got back to the hotel , Damian strode through the foyer , saying curtly , ‘ I 'd like to go over the minutes you took at the board meeting yesterday . ’ |
| 13 | They headed back to the kitchen . |
| 14 | When they reported back to the branch about the National Conference of Young Conservatives , they were questioned about just the things they had failed to notice . |
| 15 | They drove back to the Hall , and Diane grilled a beefburger for Jed and put it on a bun . |
| 16 | They drove back to the house in absolute silence . |
| 17 | They drove back to the house in silence . |
| 18 | They drove back to the ship in virtual silence , sitting apart like total strangers , she thought , turning her head to stare unseeingly out of the window . |
| 19 | They drove back to the farmhouse in total silence , Rory too confused and unhappy to utter a single word , knowing too well that if she did , the floodgates on her feelings would open , releasing a veritable tidal wave . |
| 20 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 21 | Then they came back to the families in batches , sometimes several hundred at a time . |
| 22 | By the time they came back to the club house the sun was already setting . |
| 23 | ‘ Number nine , Gracecourt , ’ he said as they turned back to the street . |
| 24 | But that offer was declined too , courteous goodbyes were exchanged , and Omi took Erika 's arm as they walked back to the S-Bahn . |
| 25 | Discarded papers blew in the narrow street as they walked back to the car . |
| 26 | Paula asked as they walked back to the hotel . |
| 27 | Nails replied with some very bad language , which somewhat alienated Shirl , and they walked back to the police-car in silence , and Nails was locked in the back . |
| 28 | Dennis winked unpleasantly as they walked back to the stables . |
| 29 | ‘ Why not go to Malton tomorrow and buy a riding habit ? ’ her husband suggested as they walked back to the house . |
| 30 | As they walked back to the house , George managed to fill out his description by giving more details of the inside of the house . |