Example sentences of "to get [pers pn] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties …
2 Rob flew with calculated care , mindful of the lives of his crew and the need to get them back to the safety of the debriefing room and steaming mugs of rum-laced tea .
3 It seems to take ages to get them back from the printers .
4 ‘ I needed last Wednesday 's Coca-Cola Cup game against Bristol Rovers to get me back into the swing of things after a three-match suspension .
5 Maybe he thought he was going to get me back into the Church , but what I was doing was strictly pagan .
6 He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad .
7 ‘ Of course you know she 's aiming to get you back into the city as an accountant ? ’
8 I want to get you back to the house and into a warm bed . ’
9 Is your boss still being sympathetic about your problems , or is he itching to get you back to the office ? ’
10 English tourists might like to be reminded that the ghastly visitor centres , the scant toilet facilities and the gruesome catering in the West Highlands of Scotland are there to get you back for the fact you won .
11 You know because you , you sort of lost , she lost her track going in to that on how to get him back into the referrals .
12 How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ?
13 The person 's kept himself out of trouble so is it really right for us to get him back before the courts again ?
14 ‘ Narcissist , ’ I said , wanting to get her back into the subject ; but she dropped it .
15 I wonder , is he trying to get her back into the house and she does n't wan na come back .
16 ‘ She 'll be safe enough , but I 've a feeling it will be a long job to get her back on an even keel .
17 So think of some number right divide it by a hundred and twenty now we want to get it back to the number we first thought of so what
18 Now I think what te , what happened there was we er , we drifted away from setting down sc , er , er , scripts to finding good useful key words and phrases out of the paper that we could then fit into the script , and as it had gone that way , I realised it was working , and did n't see any point in trying to get it back to the way it was originally going , because it was going fine .
19 Stored away from the attentions of the KGB , Ivars Ozols Cirrus Minor powered aircraft requires help to get it back into the air .
20 As , managing director of business psychologists , John Nicholson Associates , explained : ‘ A crude analogy is if you are a fleet manager and one of you cars is not working properly , then you check out the problem and see if it can be fixed in-house or go to external specialists to get it back on the road in peak condition as soon as possible . ’
21 I was doing a three-point-turn manoeuvre to get us back onto the road when he woke up , lifted his hat and mumbled : ‘ Where are we ? ’
22 That is enough to get us back into the top flight .
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