Example sentences of "back the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 As I feel so well now I have been able to sort out the problems with my husband and we now feel that we have got back the relationship we got married to share .
2 This can be used to pay back the capital you borrow now .
3 Much of its stealth comes from a design that minimises the chance of radar waves bouncing back the way they came .
4 Not looking back the way they had come , because she could not bear to watch Joe .
5 Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come .
6 They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come .
7 He drove quickly and dangerously back the way they 'd come .
8 Grant saw Forster and Lawton reappear , moving back the way they had come .
9 Meredith waved goodbye and watched her set off back the way they had come in the direction of Pook 's stables .
10 He ran back the way they 'd come .
11 They had to wait 20 minutes for a train to take them back the way they 'd just come from , then hire cabs to return to the Five Ways area .
12 They drove back the way they had come .
13 Before she could pull away from him he jerked loose his grip and started back the way they 'd come .
14 She paused a moment , uncertain whether to follow the other two or go back the way they had come .
15 Carrefour also departed , back the way they had come .
16 He rubbed the back of his hand across his eyes , then stood up impatiently as two of the Moi who had been scouting the region while they rested rushed into the clearing and began chatting excitedly to Devraux , pointing back the way they had come .
17 They passed back the way they had come , past the gleaming white walls and up the stairs .
18 He faded back the way they had come .
19 Jotan looked back the way they had come .
20 But can you see the people who came to the stepping stones and could n't go across and had to go back the way they 'd already come would n't go back with a very their ego would n't have b been boosted very high .
21 They took an alley which doubled back the way they had come and then they branched off it .
22 He waited until the coastguard officer had got well ahead , than followed him along the path back the way they had come .
23 George grew bored and picked fern leaves , stripping them , only leaving the stem , then he stood up and walked back the way they had come .
24 She did n't point out that they had to go back the way they had come , and when he reached into the back and handed her a water container she drank gladly .
25 ‘ Until this evening , ’ he said huskily , and turned to go back the way they had come .
26 Shivering in their nakedness , and all shorn of their hair , the actors kept on only their stage boots as they walked back the way they had come .
27 Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come .
28 He 'd moved away , back the way they had come yesterday .
29 ‘ Let's go back the way we came , ’ Coconut said to Gareth .
30 He got up and wandered back the way we 'd come .
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