Example sentences of "of [v-ing] back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
2 | But they remained Germans , always dreaming of going back to the Fatherland one day . ’ |
3 | One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board . |
4 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
5 | Well , certainly people are satisfied with where we 've got to and want to draw a line underneath it and move on from there , and I think the prospect of going back to the constitution er issues , and they m once again being a key focus , I do n't think anyone in the Party , or outside the Party , sees the Labour Party wanting to devote itself to that at this time . |
6 | Especially if you do n't realize that till you 've got , till you 've got home and you realize you 've got to go through all the hassle of going back to the shop to complain . |
7 | For a moment I toyed with the idea of getting back to the ship , lifting off and going a comfortingly long way away . |
8 | The method of reporting back to the client should be specified in the terms of engagement letter . |
9 | Better still , instead of retreating back to the crossroads , they were going to the cover of the dark wood which ran like a bastion down the left flank of the French route to Quatre Bras . |