Example sentences of "way back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , when she felt that she 'd waited long enough , she quietly made her way back toward the dressing rooms . |
| 2 | Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex . |
| 3 | He therefore had the choice of making a new home somewhere or making his way back to a town about whose public feelings he could have no doubt , but knowing that if he did not change his ways the whole thing might happen again . |
| 4 | All the way back to the Franz Joseph he blustered to himself , justified everything he had done , and thought how dreary and provincial they all were . |
| 5 | Jack Whitaker asked when they were on their way back to the workings . |
| 6 | More sepoys poured forward over the bodies of their fellows and a number of the defenders who had lingered too long hammering nails into the vents of the cannons were cut down as they tried to make their way back to the shelter of the buildings ; many more would have perished had not a small rescuing party which included Rayne , Fleury , half a dozen Sikhs and a couple of Eurasian clerks , wielding sabres and bayonets , surged forward in a sudden counter-attack to surround their companions and drag them back . |
| 7 | A few hours later it was a merry band that wended its way back to the hall and marked out sleeping spaces for the night . |
| 8 | His holiday in England was flying by , Harry thought on his way back to the Alcotts . |
| 9 | On his way back to the West Indies , Mr Mason stopped in Madeira and stayed with Mr Eyre , who mentioned that his niece was going to marry a Mr Rochester . ’ |
| 10 | On the way back to the Hankses ' cottage with Anna , Seb and the navvies met one of the gipsy women who had been enquiring after the missing girl in the village . |
| 11 | We made a token search for it on the way back to the bay , but then he went straight to his boat , and it 's gone , and I 've no idea where to . |
| 12 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 13 | The brown earthenware pot is carefully taken out , the chest is relocked and they make their way back to the schoolroom . |
| 14 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 15 | We were soon making our way back to the road . |
| 16 | ‘ Thing , are you telling us you do n't know the way back to the quarry ? ’ said Gurder . |
| 17 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |
| 18 | The dancer , on her way back to the United States , took Dana in her VW to Lisbon , Porto and Bilbao , where I met them , then we drove all the way to Paris . |
| 19 | Ronni fumed all the way back to the villa . |
| 20 | ‘ So I 'll leave you to find your own way back to the villa . |
| 21 | The shops he had just examined stretched all the way back to the churchyard wall and their rear windows , set grimly amongst the headstones and mausoleums , had to be checked too . |
| 22 | Seawater percolates down through fractures , becomes super-heated and leaches metal from the rocks it passes through on its way back to the sea floor . |
| 23 | Despite the valiant cries of ‘ We are the Bencey Boys ’ from the faithful few , we were subjected to jeers from the Alborne crowd as fighting broke out between the Athletico players on their way back to the dressing room . |
| 24 | When I asked if I might walk through the camp and look at the castle from the other side , Cinderella looked distressed , so I said ‘ never mind ’ and made my way back to the stone stile . |
| 25 | Corbett turned angrily on his heel , collected the cob and wearily made his way back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 26 | He tensed himself , ears straining , wondering if the French would pursue him and , when he safely reached the top of the alleyway , breathed a sigh of relief and continued on his way back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 27 | On my way back to the surgery I brooded on the fact that I was achieving absolutely nothing with my treatment . |
| 28 | Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door . |
| 29 | It was with great difficulty that she persuaded the two dogs into the rear of the van , and they barked their protest all the way back to the surgery . |
| 30 | On her way back to the surgery , Sophie glanced at her watch and realised with a start that she had left Joanna on her own for nearly two hours . |