Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eventually got back to the switchboard and asked for the neurosurgical bed manager . |
| 2 | As I have heard from his crew , he baled out when he eventually got back to the south coast of England . |
| 3 | But he above is a representative of the general tone of the interview which constantly referred back to the suspiciously ‘ instant ’ political aspects of the band . |
| 4 | The presbyterians also had misgivings , and only came back into the system in 1838 when they were practically guaranteed control of their own schools within it . |
| 5 | And she suddenly turned back in the direction they had come and ran all the way , her wet shift slapping against her bare legs . |
| 6 | The smoke and steam was being sucked from the wreck by the storm wind anyway , and as it cleared Duvall suddenly shrank back from the shattered car window . |
| 7 | He carried on flying , looking for a place to land and so flew back to the wireless station and decided to land in a field next to it . |
| 8 | I was , as usual , appallingly nervous , so went back during the lunch hour to practise . |
| 9 | When we turned off the gas , the milk immediately stopped boiling and gently subsided back into the pan . |
| 10 | And since there did n't seem anything she could do , and there was n't anything else she dared to say , she turned round and slowly trudged back to the house . |
| 11 | For a period of the late 16th century it appears to have come into the possession of the Earls of Leicester but eventually came back into the full possession of Trinity College , which remained lord of the manor until quite recent times . |
| 12 | Constance felt let down but , more , she was overcome with indignant self-pity as she slowly cycled back along the drive that linked the Hall to the main road . |
| 13 | The irony that Charlton finally got back to the First Division in 1986 , the year their exile from The Valley began , is n't lost on Ufton . |
| 14 | McCallen meanwhile came back to the starting area but then failed to take part and was escorted back to his pit by his team manager Neill Tuxwsorth . |
| 15 | When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick : |
| 16 | In practice there were so many calls on the United States throughout the world that Washington easily fell back into the habit of treating Britain as a modern " Figaro " whose services could be called upon here , there and almost anywhere from Europe to South-East Asia . |
| 17 | It was then hoisted aboard , refuelled and serviced and finally catapulted back into the air again ] . |
| 18 | Gilbert finally stood back from the portable machine on the floor . |
| 19 | Brown successfully climbed back into the cockpit after freeing both engines , but his ordeal was not over , he had to climb out five times more before the Vimy reached land . |
| 20 | We were , too — at least , the two nearside wheels were , but being the middle of the night there was a fortunate scarcity of pedestrians , and we quickly got back onto the road without disaster . |
| 21 | She got out of bed and thought everything over very carefully , and although it was difficult to keep emotion out of it , she still came back to the self-same answer . |
| 22 | In a spirit of defiance shoppers and office workers yesterday flooded back into the heart of Manchester that was targeted by the IRA on Thursday , leaving 67 people injured . |
| 23 | They both heard a movement in the pulpit above them and Charlie quickly scurried back behind the altar . |
| 24 | I 'm frightened of the probation and the social services finding out that I 'm using again , 'cos when I came out this time , they said to me that , if I ever went back on the smack , that the kids 'd be took off me , no two ways about it … . |
| 25 | I always went back to the farm for my holidays . |
| 26 | She waited until Julius was out of sight , then slowly walked back to the house herself . |
| 27 | Then , proudly and smiling , he slowly walked back for the presentation , his friends dancing round him patting him . |
| 28 | The women 's movement was maturing too , as it slowly swung back to the acceptability of some women choosing not to work outside the home . |
| 29 | There was no more sound , so he slowly reversed back into the road as the Sturmabteilungen from the gate carne up to investigate . |
| 30 | John later came back to the box and searched around the land round the cabin to look for explanations but no solution presented itself and the mystery remains to this day and defies rational belief . |