Example sentences of "way back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 5 | The brown earthenware pot is carefully taken out , the chest is relocked and they make their way back to the schoolroom . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We were soon making our way back to the road . |
| 8 | ‘ Thing , are you telling us you do n't know the way back to the quarry ? ’ said Gurder . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ronni fumed all the way back to the villa . |
| 11 | ‘ So I 'll leave you to find your own way back to the villa . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Corbett turned angrily on his heel , collected the cob and wearily made his way back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | On my way back to the surgery I brooded on the fact that I was achieving absolutely nothing with my treatment . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One of the bottles made its way back to the Brewery and is now a feature of the Guinness museum . |
| 23 | He had achieved total surprise and there was complete silence until the first Bofors opened up when he was out to sea and on his way back to the mainland . ’ |
| 24 | Not for his personal use : the tetracycline , the methadone — it all finds its way back to the pharmacy at AMS . |
| 25 | On the way back to the auberge , Iris demanded to know what Melissa had managed to learn from Dieter Erdle . |
| 26 | Many of the vehicles found their way back to the West , some were delivered to the Middle East and some to the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | There was no way back to the deck . |
| 28 | I crawled in a fruitless search all the way back to the tree and then turned and crawled away again on a slightly different line , looking , looking , hope draining away yard by yard in progressive debility , resolution ebbing with failure . |
| 29 | As to Hugh , his complete disappearance could best be explained if he were still doggedly pursuing Marian through the deep tangles of the forest ; if he had lost track of her he would presumably find his way back to the highway and rejoin them later . |
| 30 | Doubting whether the traffic jam would have cleared by Wednesday , I finally arrived in time to miss my dental appointment and searched my mind for something pleasant to think of as I rejoined the traffic and inched my way back to the cottage . |