Things could never go back to the way they were.

Things are different to the way I thought they'd be.

But always we come back to the way the earth is now.

He was getting used to the way she looked, too.

Perhaps she was getting used to the way he looked.

Things are going to go back to the way they should be.

He wanted things to go back to the way they had been.

But things never really went back to the way they were.

One could get used to the way her face looks, I think.

"Would things have gone back to the way they had been if you left them alone?"