Example sentences of "the [noun pl] went back " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers went back to first principles by making a detailed mechanical analysis of Diatryma 's head . |
| 2 | If all the Scots went back to Scotland — it would serve them right . ’ |
| 3 | But when the inspectors went back earlier this year , they counted five hundred and fifty eight animals still on his farm . |
| 4 | In early April , in fine spring weather , the miners went back to work , ‘ their heads held high ’ , with brass bands blaring and ancient banners on display . |
| 5 | The miners went back to work completely crushed — worse off than before . |
| 6 | Towards nightfall most of the refugees went back into Myitkyina for the night , but the remaining convalescents and I were too tired to do this , so we stayed on the airfield . |
| 7 | MANY night-clubbers must have wondered if , when the clocks went back from 2am to 1am on a Sunday morning , they were entitled to an extra hour of fun . |
| 8 | I got the yarn free and the needles went back to where I wanted them , returned the carriage and went across . |
| 9 | When the opera finished , the girls went back to their dressing-room . |
| 10 | Much of the gold dug by the slaves went back to Portugal . |
| 11 | The men went back and searched the trains but the man had disappeared ; all the men agreed the man had been there , they had all seen him , they were all completely baffled . |
| 12 | There was the question of cancelling the whole Festival , but fortunately that did not prove to be necessary , and by the end of the week the strike collapsed — and , tragically , the men went back to work having gained nothing . |
| 13 | Last year the police went back to the Baroness 's former home to look in vain for hidden gold bars . |
| 14 | I thought that I would have plenty of time to work once the children went back after the 10-week summer holiday . |
| 15 | The children went back to the rocks and the two men never referred to them again . |
| 16 | Sometimes the actors went back up to their dressing-rooms for an hour at a stretch while she and Geoffrey stood in for them , posing languidly at the fireplace or leaning back on the settee , twirling empty wine glasses . |
| 17 | They went back — except for Pardy who came forward — or was it that the others went back and he was left alone in a forward position ? |
| 18 | When the others went back to work , how did you manage to stop anyone else from going back to work ? |