Example sentences of "back [prep] [noun prp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interesting name quickly out of his blocks ( o.k. , corny ) was former Olympic hurdler Nigel Walker , now retired from athletics and back with Cardiff for whom he played youth rugby . |
| 2 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 3 | I said I was confident that the Government would come back from Maastricht with something that was acceptable to the Conservative party . |
| 4 | Vera next door brought them back from Spain for me . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , we took her in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs , and we fed her and gave her a roof over her head , but she was forever dolling herself up and going out . |
| 6 | After the fourth and last bottle of raksi had been drunk , Śa kar got out the double-ended drum brought back from India by his grandfather many years ago . |
| 7 | The British army had come back from Dunkirk with nothing but its rifles . |
| 8 | The girls did not come back from Dublin after their lunch . |
| 9 | Carrying a cross brought back from Jerusalem before them , the " army of peace " caught up with the Brabançons at Malemort , near Brive , and relieved their outraged feelings in an orgy of slaughter . |
| 10 | Today , Linfield are back in Europe pending what is certain to be a fruitless appeal by Dinamo to UEFA on Monday . |
| 11 | Back in London on her desk , it would be an everlasting reminder of this evening . |
| 12 | In sharp contrast , Goodall learnt about diplomacy early on , back in England after her first spell at Gombe . |
| 13 | The hearing admitted he had only agreed to appear in court if his wife and children were flown back to Britain with him at the cost of £4,000 . |
| 14 | Three weeks ago she flew back to Britain with her children , three year old Sean , and one year old Ashley . |
| 15 | But earlier this year she told him she wanted a divorce and flew back to Britain with her children , three year old Shaun and one year old Ashley . |
| 16 | Mansell flies back to Britain from his Florida home this week for intensive testing of the new Renault V10 engine , which the team hope will be adding impetus to their championship drive by the time they reach Barcelona . |
| 17 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 18 | Somehow we kept the ship afloat and brought her back to Liverpool on our own , which was a bit hair raising . |
| 19 | The obvious trustee of the empire was Henry 's younger brother , Philip of Swabia , who was on his way to Sicily to conduct the two-year-old child , Frederick , Henry 's heir , back to Germany for his coronation , when news came to the party at Montefiascone , to the north of Rome , that Henry was in fact dead . |
| 20 | ‘ I could go back to America with him . ’ |
| 21 | According to someone who knows both of them well and was on the same flight back to America with them from Frankfurt it was clear that Brandi had no prior knowledge of what was about to happen . |
| 22 | She could not take him back to America with her , he could not take her home . |
| 23 | Marion and her son had an agreeable high tea of poached eggs on toast , tea and cakes , went for a little walk along Old Compton Street and bought some gorgonzola and a pound of cherries before returning to the theatre for the evening show ; he was allowed to watch the first act from the wings before making his way back to Putney on his own . |
| 24 | In 1916 Vanessa had been lured back to Sussex by her sister 's description of Charleston Farmhouse near Firle , and by her prophecy — which Vanessa was to fulfil — ‘ if you get Charleston you 'll end up buying it forever . |
| 25 | In September 1 158 Henry travelled to Paris and then took the little girl back to Normandy with him . |
| 26 | Alexander assumed the throne of Montenegro in 1918 when the French government , in league with the Serbian , refused to allow the old man to go back to Montenegro after his wartime exile in France . |
| 27 | And him being a lawyer and all , we cooked up a grand scheme between us so that I could go back to Ireland with my pride intact . ’ |
| 28 | The girl was already in England , but was brought back to Ireland by her parents , who faced a fine or imprisonment if they ignored the injunction . |
| 29 | He took us back to Scotland with him . ’ |
| 30 | I can come back to Scotland with her army , kill Moray , and find my baby son James . |