Example sentences of "[be] [verb] back to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this it will be essential to create a culture where services are given back to the people and delivered with the attitude that the ‘ customer is sovereign ’ . |
| 2 | Mrs Leinen fears if they are flown back to the United States she 'll lose custody forever . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the ministry confirmed that an outbreak of food poisoning in Bedworth in July had been traced back to the monastery . |
| 4 | The choice of 6 January for this purpose has been traced back to the gnostic Christians of Egypt , the corresponding date in the calendar used there being traditionally associated with the blessing of the Nile . |
| 5 | This tradition has been traced back to the sixth century AD . |
| 6 | The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean . |
| 7 | An NRA spokesman said the spillage had been traced back to the Lartington Treatment Works , where there had been no threat to drinking water . |
| 8 | If Mr Newton is right , perhaps Mr Lamont will one day be able to please the traditionalists … by announcing that the railways are to go back to the good old steam age . |
| 9 | Where the wings of pain had dropped him , there had miraculously been infinite but unblinding light , a great strenuous joy that was somehow calm , like a crystal bowl that you do not drink out of , and now he had been floated back to the comfortable shore of his cool clean bed . |
| 10 | The issue has been referred back to the MacLeod Estates , from whom a reply is awaited . |
| 11 | A number of test cases on Sunday trading and the possible conflict with the treaty of Rome have already come before the European Court and all have been referred back to the various countries involved . |
| 12 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 13 | Her first instinct had been to creep back to the familiar haven of her room , but now Chesarynth could n't face its bright emptiness . |
| 14 | The residuals are smoothed using the same recipe as before , and the results are added back to the results of the first smooth ; this is illustrated in exercise 9.1 . |
| 15 | Hoping against hope that she had not ducked out back to her own flat — not that she 'd blame her ! — Leith skirted the room until her eyes were drawn to a settee that had been pushed back to the side of the room . |
| 16 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 17 | It was therefore with great irritation that I noticed a day or two later that they had all been moved back to the ‘ General Interest ’ section . |
| 18 | Some of those contributions are channelled back to the Church Commissioners for distribution . |
| 19 | When the project is completed , the group members are transferred back to the basic structure , or they are given operating responsibility for the new product in a new unit . |
| 20 | Now they 're going back to a sensitive area . |
| 21 | Now they 're going back to a sensitive area . |
| 22 | We 're going back to a kind of rating system with the different assessment on valuations |
| 23 | ‘ We 're going back to the wireless room . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're going back to the road , sir ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 're going back to the boat , ’ he said tersely . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've found us , we 're going back to the quarry , everything 's all right , ’ he said soothingly . |
| 27 | you 're going where ? , you 're going back to the moon , oh have you co , have you come back from the moon now ? |
| 28 | you 're going back to the moon ? |
| 29 | We 're going back to the woodblock flooring . |
| 30 | But see we 're going back to the old seasons now . |