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

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1 Then he went back to contemplation of one of his local scenes , his broad shoulders hunched in the vivid purple shirt , his head pressed forward .
2 He went back to Prince 's Lodge and managed to collect the keys of the Missile without being seen .
3 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 .
4 Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work .
5 Dr Sasaki got up and went back to work .
6 Then I went back to work .
7 The little town was packed with milling crowds , but many of these were parents , come to collect their sons ' wages before they either went back to work or moved on to another farm .
8 ‘ I went back to work and just carried on .
9 Then I went back to work .
10 In October the Nottinghamshire miners formed a breakaway union and went back to work .
11 As I 've said , I 've been on H R T for three years and , I have since went back to work after being on H R T I do n't think I 'm an old hag !
12 I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work .
13 We were getting no money from anywhere and you had borrowed , you had to pay it back when you went back to work , you see ?
14 And so when I er I wen I went back to work .
15 Well when he went back to work er they did n't let him start .
16 She found a childminder and went back to work .
17 his clothes by hand before I went back to work and of course I do n't have quite the same time
18 So sort of erm what was , was there erm any victimizations or anything like that , from the bosses when you went back to work ?
19 When the others went back to work , how did you manage to stop anyone else from going back to work ?
20 Tribe looked up , waved , and went back to work .
21 After safety measures were enforced at his firm he went back to work and never experienced symptoms again .
22 ‘ Why do n't you fuck off you cunt , ’ he told him — and went back to work .
23 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 .
24 Both women went back to work .
25 Then she shrugged and went back to work .
26 but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ?
27 cos their er home yesterday look Jody went back to work and there was Bill and Scott
28 I went back to court seven days after that , there was a bail application put forward and the magistrate said he would grant bail with a surety of £500 .
29 They had to go away to be analysed , and I went back to court and ended up getting a £150 fine or seven days in prison — I paid the fine .
30 Arthur went back to life alone in his rooms in South Kensington and wondered how to proceed .
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