Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] mind [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karlheinz Pintsch jerked his mind back to the present . |
| 2 | Henry cast his mind back to the small talk of a small town . |
| 3 | Henry Tyler cast his mind back to the fatal evening . |
| 4 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
| 5 | ‘ Stupendous — spectacular , ’ she offered distractedly , forcing her mind back to the mind-fazing wonders of the gorge running between mountains of pure marble and through thirty-eight tunnels , and even spanned at one point by a bridge of marble . |
| 6 | She blinked , pulling her mind back to the present . |
| 7 | Greg tried to switch his mind back to the problem in hand . |
| 8 | He forced himself to ignore the painting and pulled his mind back to the MacQuillan case . |
| 9 | Dixon 's mention of clothes had pulled his mind back to the discovery of Kemp 's body , and he asked Lewis much the same question he had asked Max , receiving much the same answers . |
| 10 | Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand , and mumbling apologies , she wormed her way to the reception desk . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Doreen , I have work to do , ’ she tossed over her shoulder while dragging her mind back to the woman who wanted ferns dug up during the bush walk . |
| 12 | They were almost at the church before he wrenched his mind back to the present . |
| 13 | I must get my mind back to the here and now . |
| 14 | I cast my mind back to the South Coast of England . |
| 15 | Will the Minister cast his mind back to the letter that he wrote to me last October — a soothing reply to the representations that I had made to him — pointing out that the Salford careers service , which covers my constituency , had forecast a shortfall of between 400 and 450 YTS places ? |
| 16 | First , however , cast your mind back to the lunar eclipse on August 6th because , by all the laws of astrology , the only road for you to travel was then clearly signposted . |
| 17 | If you cast your mind back to the 1966 World Cup , you may recall that Pak Doo Ik , the North Korean forward , also wore odd shorts and he went on to score the winner against Italy , so I thought it was worth a try . |
| 18 | Let us cast our minds back to the referendum . |
| 19 | He 'd looked as though he was really pleased to see her , not awkward or evasive , and as he continued to watch her she hastily dragged her mind back to the matter in hand . |
| 20 | In a strenuous effort , she dragged her mind back to the present . |