Example sentences of "[adv] back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So back to the surgery . |
| 2 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 3 | So back to the back to E. |
| 4 | So back to the house , screwdriver delivered to surgery , and home yet again . |
| 5 | This will do you no harm at all , although to be brought gently back to the present by the voice of the therapist is a more satisfactory way . |
| 6 | Pyjamas and track-suits and Ian Botham 's ridiculous dark spectacles under the Melbourne floodlights seemed mercifully remote until Michael Melluish , MCC 's youthful-looking president , just back from Australia , brought our thoughts gently back to the world scene of the '90s . |
| 7 | One advantage of this approach is that you become accustomed to the throttle setting which will allow the model to settle gently back to the ground rather than falling rapidly . |
| 8 | The food-finder might instead single out one other nest mate , and then lead it alone back to the food source . |
| 9 | She gave a pleased smile at Sabine 's delighted acceptance , and disappeared purposefully back to the farm . |
| 10 | Fran gave him a watery smile , then turned her attention pointedly back to the schedule to forestall any further questions , and Fred took the hint . |
| 11 | Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action . |
| 12 | Hilda 's home was near the convent , and the tube train seemed to be boring a hole into the past , bearing her inexorably back to the source of her purest happiness and pain . |
| 13 | As he expected , this path , newly uncovered by the rockfall , led him impossibly back to the tunnel where Urnst had dropped the glove . |
| 14 | Finally he found his way painfully back to the house , and closed the door . |
| 15 | This line of islands swings round to the north , and finally back to the west through South Georgia , describing a great loop , and then heads off for the extreme south of South America . |
| 16 | Levering herself tiredly to her feet , she walked despondently back to the cottage . |
| 17 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 18 | It suppresses the blood-sugar level — not just back to the level before the meal , but even lower than the pre-meal level . |
| 19 | ‘ Right then , I 'll away back to the hotel and see how those Australians are settling in . ’ |
| 20 | He sped away back to the car and we could hear his urgent voice , though not the words . |
| 21 | Take it away back to the office . |
| 22 | Even before he got to her she was mesmerised , the dark eyes holding her with complete ease , and she had to bring herself quickly back to the present to do what she had planned and set matters on an even footing straight away . |
| 23 | Clare walked quickly back to the house . |
| 24 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad the industry has reportedly taken to what some people call ‘ tea-bagging , ’ moving their precious chip supply from system to system to prove to customers their box works , then quickly back to the treasure vault . |
| 25 | She seemed to assess their position and then go quickly back to the carrion as if she was very hungry and sought to take as much of it as she could before the crows reached her . |
| 26 | Relieved to be away from the desperate depth of emotion that surrounded Miguel , Shelley ran to the jeep and drove quickly back to the complex . |
| 27 | Bodie swung the car in a tight circle and drove quickly back to the area of London where the Stones lived . |
| 28 | As he walked up beside the 17th Patrick met O'Grady trudging disconsolately back to the tee to play a second ball . |
| 29 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 30 | When she stooped and retrieved her basket , and went rapidly back to the house with it , Patrick wished he had said something , that he had called out to her . |