Example sentences of "back [prep] old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes earlier in the season cutting further back onto old wood will ensure better success eg with Senecio greyi and Cineraria maritima . |
| 2 | The Soviet government , which once seemed to have recognised the danger of secrecy , evasion and falsehood , may now be slipping back into old ways , in even bigger matters than nuclear power . |
| 3 | You are going to reach your weight and inch target , and when you do , unless you have another goal to aim for , you may well let your fitness campaign relax and fall back into old habits . |
| 4 | However the fossils can also be reinterpreted to fit back into old phyla : |
| 5 | ‘ Now — if we are going to roast the lairds , and get some rights at last , do you think we can win our lease back from old Menzies — do you think so , Angus ? ’ |
| 6 | I was back in old Mr Dakin 's cow byre . |
| 7 | Sometimes , when writing we repeat a word unknowingly and when we read it again we recognise that our pen has slipped back over old ground : we have not found the right word . |
| 8 | The new suit goes back over old ground , again alleging that AMD broke copyright agreements by using Intel 's microcode in the new chip . |
| 9 | His father was ageing , unsure , falling back on old prejudices to defend his position . |
| 10 | This is not to say that we have to fall back on Old Testament catastrophism . |
| 11 | Gone back to old sketches . |
| 12 | Even a temporary relapse back to old behaviour and its damaging consequences may itself hopefully be a therapeutic process because it acts as a reminder that recovery is a continuing process that has to be worked for on a continuing basis by each and every recovering person . |
| 13 | Pallister said : ‘ When I get back to Old Trafford , I will tell the lads we have a fight on our hands . |
| 14 | I am going back to old Dr |
| 15 | He has even gone back to old techniques . |
| 16 | Then as soon as they loose a few games Cantona will bugger off , Sharpe will go back to old habits and Giggs will go to Italy ( : - ) ) . |
| 17 | I am the girl that kidnapped little Oliver and took him back to old Fagin 's house on the night Oliver was going to the bookseller . ’ |
| 18 | At least talking about that will make us appreciate just what we ve got now … and what Wilko and ALL the players have done … right back to old Mickey Thomas . |
| 19 | After lunch Morton went back to Old Jewry , to find Bragg sitting morosely at his desk . |
| 20 | He got back to Old Jewry at four o'clock , to find Morton waiting for him . |
| 21 | Bragg and Morton tramped back to Old Jewry in silence . |
| 22 | Bragg got back to Old Jewry , and found Morton finishing his notes on the Parks interview . |
| 23 | He said it was a delight to be back among old friends on the North-East circuit . |
| 24 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
| 25 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 26 | Having arranged to meet Morton back at Old Jewry , Bragg took a train to Hackney Downs and walked the quarter-mile to the police station . |