Example sentences of "back in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troopers of the rearguard were already falling back in reasonable order . |
| 2 | Said he 'd be back in six weeks . |
| 3 | It might come back in six months , in might come back in six years . |
| 4 | It might come back in six months , in might come back in six years . |
| 5 | Expect him back in six months . |
| 6 | And he said I was to come back in six months ’ time . ’ |
| 7 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 8 | er , sort of er , they wanted to sign him off but our Tom said no he do n't want to be signed off so they put them on er , he 's to go back in six months |
| 9 | Of all these expanding emotions , the one which we call compassion , may have been the first to emerge and could be the one of greatest importance , but the origins of all of them could almost certainly be found far back in evolutionary time . |
| 10 | This , diverted , now turned into a recital about every distant relative Neil Cochrane possessed , all of whom , apparently , had only one wish — to see him back in polite society again . |
| 11 | Back in 1956 Philip Moore declared that : ‘ A massive birth control programme is the only action that will permit European survival and at the same time be acceptable to the rest of the world ’ . |
| 12 | Wall , the wery nex day he wus back in tha shop with the lavertry pearper tucked under his arm . |
| 13 | Jimmy Cook was also back in familiar territory , quietly amiable as ever , pulling on the moustache and whispering that he would n't mind another year or two with Somerset after all . |
| 14 | What must be noted here is that much of the strength of the political ethos propagated in prewar years rested on its incorporation and distortion of concepts and assumptions whose origins were far back in Japanese history , and which were broadly unquestioned by the majority of the population ; and that it was firmly integrated with the social system and standard code of morality and behaviour . |
| 15 | The system also ‘ stores ’ details of the last 5,000 lightning strikes , and this data can be played back in accelerated fashion , enabling pilots to track the movement of thunderstorms . |
| 16 | Tom used to go white and silent at first , and then end up shouting back in sheer self-defence . ’ |
| 17 | A BBC spokesman confirmed her departure , but the way may be left clear for Mrs Hewitt to return to Walford and put a spring back in henpecked Arthur 's step . |
| 18 | Yvonne Bell 's charge hit trouble when finishing second in his heat , but was back in sparkling form charging through on the last bend to win the track final by 2 9 lengths at generous odds of 6–4 . |
| 19 | Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later , Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield . |
| 20 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 21 | It may seem surprising nonetheless to claim that the infinitive event is represented as a mere potentiality in uses with the modal auxiliaries in past contexts such as : ( 9 ) When he was young , he could swim across the lake and back in 10 minutes . |
| 22 | And when we laughed at this they started back in absurd confusion . |
| 23 | ‘ I narrated a series of school concerts at The Philharmonic and I 'm back in live theatre again . ’ |
| 24 | One person , on being informed that he has a life-threatening illness , will sit back in sad acceptance and wait for the end to come . |
| 25 | Back in prehistoric times , the river which we now call the Thames was created by rains falling on hilly ground on the western side of this country , and meandering lazily until it found its way into the sea on the eastern side of the continental peninsular which became an island by separating itself from the continent of Europe . |
| 26 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 27 | What do you do — put your ideas to one side and spend the next few months feeling deflated ; or do you take out a Midland Personal Loan now and enjoy the benefits of your purchase , paying the money back in easy stages ? |
| 28 | Miss Honey got to her feet and walked smartly out of the room , but was back in thirty seconds carrying a thick book . |
| 29 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 30 | So authentic has been the recreation of detail , that visitors , with only the smallest effort of imagination , can believe themselves back in Victorian London . |