Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 8 the British hostage John McCarthy was released in Beirut ; he was swiftly transported to the Syrian capital , Damascus , and thence flown back to the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Other research suggested they might become concentrated , churned around in the waves and eventually deposited back along the beaches and banks of local estuaries . |
| 3 | He swung the binoculars towards the ranks of spectators on either side of the 18th fairway , and slowly traversed back to the tee . |
| 4 | At one point , they saw the sea receding from the near-by beaches ; sucked away and apparently forced back by the earthquakes , so that quantities of sea creatures were left stranded . |
| 5 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 6 | Examples might include sale and leaseback agreements , where an asset is sold and immediately leased back from the purchasers . |
| 7 | The BBC 's proposed solution was that everything should be handled by the BBC and then licensed back to the publishers . |
| 8 | When the cat was successful it was rewarded with food and then placed back inside the box . |
| 9 | The Glasgow Volunteers , disbanded after the Peace of Amiens in 1802 and then called back to the colours again , included the Fifth or Grocer 's Battalion , the Canal Volunteers , and the Royal Glasgow Volunteer Horse of 60 men and , presumably , 60 horses . |
| 10 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 11 | And , yes , I saw the incident at Southampton , where Mark Nicholas was eventually given out to a disputed close catch and then brought back to the crease . |
| 12 | Crookes was thus very important in preparing the way for the ‘ discovery ’ of the electron by J. J. Thomson in 1897 , in an experiment in which cathode rays were deflected by a magnetic field , and then brought back to the zero point by an electric field . |
| 13 | For all his achievements and popularity , Jones was again refused a commission in the French navy and instead sent back to the United States with despatches . |
| 14 | It is from Zakarpatská Ukrajina , the Czech Ukraine or sub-Carpathian Ruthenia , first annexed by Hungary and later taken by the Soviet Union and never given back at the end of the war in 1945 . |
| 15 | The new dyeing process , both for uncut cloth and finished garments , is sealed in a closed system where the finite quantity of water is constantly recycled and never released back into the environment . |
| 16 | She said nothing , but only arched back against the soft leather , lost in the tantalising , agonising pleasure of his hands — a pleasure that lit a fire deep inside her , but did nothing to quench it . |
| 17 | Dave did make a cameo appearance in his kayak to run it but quickly reverted back to the raft . |
| 18 | Sybil favoured him with a keen stare , but obediently turned back to the fire . |
| 19 | Ramsbum was still on duty when Amiss got back to the club . |