Example sentences of "back to the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When a dolphin becomes trapped in a net , it drowns because it is unable to get back to the surface to refill its lungs when the supply of air runs out . |
| 3 | For the losers it 's back to the mirror to prepare for next year . |
| 4 | First they gather information about their neighbourhood before coming back to the school to translate their ideas , ( in best Blue Peter fashion ) with glue , cloth , cigarette packets , and other recyclable materials , into a colourful collage clock . |
| 5 | time that the education was put back to the parents to enforce both |
| 6 | PHYSICS lecturers are going back to the nursery to teach toddlers in the water tub while admissions tutors consider the merits of palm-reading and astrology for selecting students at Newcastle Polytechnic . |
| 7 | If a message has to be taken , be certain to record the date , time of message , who it is for , and who it is from , and always repeat the message back to the caller to ensure that the details are correct . |
| 8 | I ran back to the village to find answers to my questions . |
| 9 | At night when his mother was asleep , he would creep back to the computer to send messages . |
| 10 | Back to the basins to give my hair a brush-through : I liked myself spiky , hedgehog , but I wanted a will-brushed hedgehog . |
| 11 | Sir Edmund was out when I got back to the office , so I gave my new name and address to Rosemary and went back to the Temple to collect some kit for my weekend with Joanna . |
| 12 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 13 | He then went back to the door to check for any sign of the security guards he was certain would be waiting for him . |
| 14 | Still laughing , we marched back to the sitting-room to begin again . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll take you two back to the centre to rest and recover , ’ said Rachel , then , looking up at the superintendent who was hovering anxiously , she asked , ‘ Has the incident been recorded in the accident book ? ’ |
| 16 | The vicar was carried back to the shore to partake of a well-earned drink . |
| 17 | Orders came in , and that helped the warehouse people unpack the boxes and despatch them ; the information got fed back to the editor to tell him what the sales were , and it was a continuous process and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them , rather than for the other department next door . |
| 18 | The information got fed back to the editor to tell him what the sales were . |
| 19 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 20 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 21 | You must take a glass back to the kitchen to drink whilst preparing the Direktor 's lunch . ’ |
| 22 | Her elation took her into her clothes , back to the kitchen to leave Phoebe a scrawled memo , and out of the front door . |
| 23 | Meanwhile it 's back to the kitchen to bake another batch of cakes ! |
| 24 | Then back to the kitchen to clear up the mess before Dad got back off the night shift . |
| 25 | Swallowing her tears , she went back to the kitchen to clear up . |
| 26 | She let her breath out and went back to the kitchen to make the tea . |
| 27 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't put yourself in a situation where the treasurer has to come back to the committee to argue over every last penny . |
| 29 | The five B–17s were ferried back to the mainland to resume their more mundane tanker duties . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |