Example sentences of "we turn back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 2 | We turned back to the sprawling baggage , so profuse and various it seemed organic , mushrooming in the rich compost of arrivals and departures . |
| 3 | We turned back through the village again and up to Claro . |
| 4 | We view it with pleasure for some time , and then , inevitably , at the right psychological moment , we turn back to the Parthenon with our interest renewed , perhaps moving to a different viewpoint , to see things differently . |
| 5 | We turn back to the main strip . |
| 6 | Not needing any more we turn back to the shore . |
| 7 | After the introduction of Nicholas ( 3190 – 220 ) we turn back to the carpenter , of whom , too , we are instantly given details making him a perfect fabliau character : he is married , newly and ill-matchedly so , and thus perhaps green and inexperienced as well as old and jealous : The fabliau formulae themselves produce an unjust stereotyping in this case , as the carpenter 's jealousy , although referred to again by Alison ( 3294 ) , is nowhere evident in his words or actions in the tale . |