Example sentences of "[pers pn] back the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Somebody called Flavell ; asked about when I called you back the other night . |
2 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
3 | ‘ She 's going to pay you back the loan at the end of the week . ’ |
4 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
5 | I , I 've bought you back the whip and I 'm just about to start the other one , so hang on to it at the moment , cos I do n't like too many books around that I 've borrowed , I 've got two . |
6 | and what it is the box is stood there and then you back the motor under it and then you drop it onto the body and it folds |
7 | gives you back the number you started with . |
8 | I mean what it needs it that random pixel degradation across the page to give you back the letterpress look . |
9 | The engagements used to go to the artists who brought them back the best presents from their tours abroad . |
10 | Talk to the children again to distract them , and , with your hands covering the cards , you turn them back the right way up . |
11 | They had to wait 20 minutes for a train to take them back the way they 'd just come from , then hire cabs to return to the Five Ways area . |
12 | He said yeah so he said lend us your keys a minute give them back the keys , and he says and you 're finished ! |
13 | You can buy them one day and bring them back the next |
14 | we 'll just send them back the problem and send fully stamped |
15 | Ca n't say fairer than that , except if th'bist good to me as well I might even give thee back the two shilling . ’ |
16 | ‘ Well , reasonably so , I suppose , but after the meal , not after he gave me back the hat . |
17 | That attracted Pompey , and Whittingham explained : ‘ I decided to buy myself out for £450 and take the plunge — I 'm glad to say Portsmouth did pay me back the money — and I 've never really looked back . |
18 | He handed me back the key , thanked me , picked up his grip and left . ’ |
19 | ‘ Give me back the gun , ’ he said tightly . |
20 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
21 | It is n't the money because the insurance company pay me back the money |
22 | Go bring me back the drink and get me a Coke . |
23 | Mr Field believes he would win easily , and once returned to the Commons would ask the parliamentary party to give him back the Labour whip . |
24 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
25 | ‘ I do n't know how to thank you , ’ she said , giving him back the blanket . |
26 | ‘ Easy now , ’ he said , handing him back the pencil . |
27 | Send him back the books and the money — he 'll think I stole them ! ’ |
28 | He thanked me , and I gave him back the royal Elphberg ring . |
29 | Folly found herself curiously reluctant to look up , as if by meeting his eye she might give him back the power he held over her . |
30 | ‘ I had to lay him off but I had every intention of bringing him back the following season . |