Example sentences of "the [noun pl] turn back " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Berlin , Mario Vargas Llosa , the novelist defeated at the polls by Fujimori nearly two years ago , said he would ‘ knock on every door to muster international support and … force the coup-mongers to turn back ’ . |
| 2 | And so the words turned back on themselves , phrases reappeared , seeming to confirm other phrases , merely repeating themselves , clicking into place with a semblance of logic which nicely disguised the truth that all these words were nothing but a glittering fabric which hovered above the ground , unwinding endlessly , slipping between the fingers , beguiling like a mirage , taking on whatever shape the conjuror wanted , and leading nowhere . |
| 3 | On appeal , it was argued for the miners that the instructions to turn back were unlawful , and the police had no power to require them to turn back . |
| 4 | There was a deepening of the shadows and a swirling of something heavy and turgid and foul , and then the creature was gone and the Workshops were once again lit to crimson and the slaves turned back to their tasks . |
| 5 | Since the Muslims turned back from Tours in the eighth century , the decisions made in Europe had increasingly been the decisions which altered the history of the world . |