Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] to reality " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the thud of a horse 's hooves , very near , almost on her , which jerked her back to reality . |
| 2 | A hand falling on Ace 's shoulder startled her back to reality , and she found herself facing a dripping Benny . |
| 3 | The touch of the hard floor brought me back to reality . |
| 4 | Clifford-like with what I was saying , they quickly brought me back to reality . ’ |
| 5 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 6 | The intrusion of the world brought her back to reality with a thud . |
| 7 | James to a course book , and was nodding through the unhinged pastures of the higher criticism when Jessica brought her back to reality with the sharp bone of her eager knuckle . |
| 8 | His angry words brought her back to reality , but did nothing to take away her sense of grievance . |
| 9 | That finally jolted me back to reality and sanity . ’ |
| 10 | The faintly mocking tone in his voice forced her back to reality , and she snatched her hand away from his hair as though it had come into contact with burning oil . |