Example sentences of "[verb] back [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under an agreement signed on Sept. 24 Romania agreed to accept back all Romanians who were living illegally in Germany in return for DM30,000,000 in reintegration aid . |
| 2 | China refused to accept back 71 people who entered Hong Kong illegally and accused the colony of reneging on a 1982 agreement on immigration policy . |
| 3 | China retaliated by refusing to accept back illegal immigrants into Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Yeah , so really driving back all that way you want Monday night off as well , you 'll be knackered |
| 5 | Here discoveries are exhibited which send back all recent history to the level of a prehistory . |
| 6 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
| 7 | She was walking back one day , her baskets empty , her spirit almost peaceful for once . |
| 8 | And the flying mattresses , the R A F looks back 50 years . |
| 9 | These wide , panoramic views are usually extremely compatible , as Natassa combines views of two of the Tyne Bridges in one double shot ; looks down at the field pattern provided by the flagstones at the corner of the street ; looks back on-shore , from the water 's edge ; or concentres on old rotting timbers out to sea . |
| 10 | The process has also involved a degree of cautious political liberalisation to attract back Iranian exiles and their funds . |
| 11 | So how does Rabbit plan to attract back these users ? |
| 12 | As the model approaches the ground , start applying back cyclic to produce a flare , without adding power . |
| 13 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 14 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 15 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |
| 16 | Like a mother scolding her lost child , I thought , after he 's come back safe : just like Perkin with Mackie . |
| 17 | I had come back blind . |
| 18 | In the first case , elitism does not provide an explanation , being merely a loose term to describe a social category about which other features rather than the elite characteristic provide what explanation there is ; in the second case , the power elite looks remarkably like a social class , and elite explanation has come back full circle to its point of departure . |
| 19 | Finally she returned to her dorm , terrified not so much at the prospect of getting caught but because she had come back empty handed . |
| 20 | One very small piece could kill her , ’ shouted back one of the men . |
| 21 | For every step forward , the institution often seems to slip back two steps . |
| 22 | They were given a sumptuous tea and invited back any time they felt like coming . |
| 23 | The super chilled marker kills the pigment cells in the hair , which then grow back white to show a distinct code . |
| 24 | Apparently , Ray pulled the fish back from the dead , anaesthetising it on the bank , trimming back rotted fins and administering an antibiotic injection . |
| 25 | They require little attention beyond cutting back long canes by about a third in early spring , just as growth begins to stir , and then trimming back any remaining side shoots to no more than three buds , taking out old wood that becomes dark and barky to promote new growth from the base — and , of course , removing the flower trusses as they fade . |
| 26 | Dryden bounced back 24 hours later to lift the Cleveland Salver , just to remind McLure that he wo n't have the Masters all his own way . |
| 27 | On the other hand , Finstat — unlike an index — adds back 12 months ' income , assuming it to be reinvested in the trust . |
| 28 | ‘ Hi , ’ William says , tossing back some blond hair fallen over his forehead . |
| 29 | The tendency is for everyone in the team to touch the ball as it goes through and to shuffle back each time someone has completed their turn . |
| 30 | But if we lost in 1992 — as we certainly lost in 1987 — because prosperous voters feared that we would reduce their disposable income , we will not win back those middle income families by pretending that we have abandoned the very purpose of our creation and our existence . |