Example sentences of "back to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can never really be sure as to whether Binnian or Slievelamagan is my favourite top , but take endless delight in going back to them time and time again in the hope of solving this important question .
2 I put the misses on one side and perhaps come back to them weeks , or a year later , and battle it out .
3 But ooh I would n't like to go back to them days I 'm sure I would n't .
4 I thought back to something Barbara had said not long before , that John had been the glue that bonded all his friends together , the magnet which drew everyone closer .
5 I got to the stage where I went back to me mum and dad .
6 Come back to me Malcolm .
7 Come back to me Malcolm .
8 I heard the Roker Roar and it all came back to me people were cheering and singing and happy . ’
9 the quality of lateral communications , which may enable subordinates to get jobs done without constant reference back to their superior ;
10 After all the drama of ‘ 68 , de Gaulle , of course , simply went querulously into retirement in 1969 after the students had gone back to their studies and the French electorate felt it was safe to dispense with his services .
11 People get back to their feet .
12 Gradually it passed ; the great wave ebbed , and she became aware of Fand and Liban climbing shakily back to their feet , and Fincara screaming something at them .
13 Coins and pots and pans and weapons and tools and horse tack jangled like a demented musical band , and each time someone fell , the clanging beast would sag , then lift the fallen back to their feet and sweep them on into the courtyard .
14 At the same time , the LRDG would be watching the road , counting traffic and signalling the intelligence back to their base .
15 The chief investigators here were E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh , rivals in the manner of robber barons , chartering trains and suborning each other 's assistants in an effort to get the spoils back to their base first .
16 The Buccaneers flew back to their base at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland .
17 If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’
18 For the first time in this long climb back to their fortune he began to feel a sort of panic .
19 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 .
20 After the winged Soul Eater had gone from the low-ceilinged Workshops , its leathery wings beating on the night , the soul of the mutilated boy held in a merciless grip between its claws , the slaves had scuttled back to their tasks and the Robemaker had conjured up another of the thin , whiplike lights that had lashed out and thrown Nuadu to the floor .
21 Lloyds may be the only bank turning up its nose at the dollar bill , but the others are n't wild about some large-denomination European notes which often have to be shipped back to their country of origin rather than recycled through the system .
22 A short sojourn by the seaside , back to their country farm , back to the hospital , and then the end .
23 The fact is that we give exceptional leave to remain because it would be inhumane to send some people , such as the Croatian that the hon. Member mentioned , back to their country at this time , even though they may not have made a claim of persecution .
24 The trio , who all play for FK Austria in Vienna , have not been allowed to travel back to their country .
25 The trio , who all play for FK Austria in Vienna , have not been allowed to travel back to their country .
26 They darted back to their bunk and behind him was the sound of ripping paper .
27 They wandered back to their chores , clearly dissatisfied with this answer .
28 Twenty thousand Ski Americans going back to their valley farms , after an evening infected with urban sleaze .
29 Oh , the dawn when shadows skeeter ahead of the sure fluid sunlight , back to their night .
30 The Tribunal 's ruling stipulated , however , that the funds could be returned to the Philippines only after a Philippines court had issued a " legally binding verdict " on whether the assets were to be confiscated or given back to their claimants .
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