Example sentences of "back [prep] a time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |
| 2 | In her latest novel , Jazz , Toni Morrison has dipped back into a time before cross-over , when African-American music was all-black , in her quest for a uniquely black literary language . |
| 3 | As I came into the hotel I tried to project myself back into a time when I 'd have been thinking — Sunday press party , rather fun . |
| 4 | Mint turns the clock back to a time when sovereign was king of coins . |
| 5 | Mint turns the clock back to a time when sovereign was king of coins . |
| 6 | Mint turns the clock back to a time when sovereigns were king coins . |
| 7 | It can travel back to a time 200 million years ago , long before human beings existed . |
| 8 | But although the name Roath is an ancient one — it means , in Irish , the forest and therefore dates back to a time when Welsh was borrowing words from Irish , around the 5th century — there was little that surrounded the young Cottle which was in fact medieval . |
| 9 | I read once that when people get old and go senile , they go back to a time in their life when they were useful . |
| 10 | I could understand them wanting to escape back to a time when they were ‘ needed ’ . |
| 11 | This suggests that ri2 originated from the transposition of ri1 , but that this event dates back to a time before P.wickerhamii and S.obliquus diverged . |
| 12 | In order to challenge this complex of interlocking polarities , Amalgamemnon goes back to a time when the two domains , though distinct , were not yet differentiated by separate modes of narrative , back to Herodotus , the first prose artist and ‘ the father of fibstory ’ ( 22,113 ) . |
| 13 | Dunvegan was the headquarters of the clan Macleod ; the old castle , a ruin in Johnson 's time , dated back to a time of Viking rule . |
| 14 | Do the Bank want to go back to a time when a male official could not get married until he was earning £150 per annum and by the time he was earning that sum he was past having an interest in marriage . |
| 15 | The time of the execution is also altered , being brought back to a time traditionally associated with " dawn " executions . |
| 16 | Outlining plans for a rededication service by the Bishop of Clogher , Dr Brian Hannon , next Sunday , Mr Knowd said : ‘ We want to make this the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the church , which is a vital part of the heritage of the area , reaching back to a time when there was no denominational difference among Christians . |
| 17 | Where a problem seems obviously more complex they suggest that the client makes an appointment with an adviser to come back at a time when the bureau is officially closed to the public . |