Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She must have stopped here , ’ Anne said , ‘ or doubled back . ’ |
| 2 | Decisions could either be taken by the heads of departments or referred back , perhaps for legislation , to the respective assemblies . |
| 3 | They may be offered counselling , visited by a health visitor or referred back to their GP if the problem is medical . |
| 4 | They may be offered counselling , visited by a health visitor or referred back to their GP if the problem is medical . |
| 5 | The distributors , Harman Audio , tell me that virtually every type of speaker is available , with either open or sealed back options . |
| 6 | Each house has a sophisticated meter attached to its TV set , which records exactly what is being played ( or played back on video ) . |
| 7 | Or came back to him . |
| 8 | But to bring out questions , things that you felt in your groups that you would like to perhaps ask the others about , or came back and ask me , any particular points that you to read on or were n't clear when you were talking in a group , or things that you felt the others might you know , to talk about . |
| 9 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 10 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |
| 11 | Use gel for sculptured , spiky or slicked back styles , or for crisping up fringes and pieces . |
| 12 | She still slept at her flat , where Jack either spent the night , as under the previous arrangement , or arrived back very late ‘ not disturbing ’ Franca , who had until today ( also without comment ) continued to sleep in the upper bedroom . |
| 13 | Those known for PLO sympathy were interrogated , harassed or turned back . |
| 14 | This aggression may be projected on to others , e.g. , middle management , or turned back upon himself . |
| 15 | On the previous page are five of their most popular shapes , all of which can be worked onto the face or brushed back as an alternative . |
| 16 | we had to have ours clipped or , or tied back |
| 17 | In great pre-dusk ‘ rafts ’ they waited for the sun to set ; or flew back and forth , veering from side to side . |
| 18 | Most assets acquired from connected persons , or sold or leased back or acquired with the sole or main purpose of claiming the new allowance , will also be ineligible . |
| 19 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 20 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
| 21 | Pilots have complained that airlines force them to work long hours , new jets are being grounded or sent back to the manufacturers for modification , and the government has been attacked for a series of embarrassing lapses at major airports . |
| 22 | Or sent back what she sent us … |
| 23 | The animals must now be slaughtered or sent back to Czechoslovakia , which he feels is a completely impractical and rather cynical suggestion . |
| 24 | He had not kissed her or looked back , just sprinted across the snow . |
| 25 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 26 | Every culture , however imperfectly and blindly , either turned towards the light or fell back into the darkness . |
| 27 | It was quite coincidental that June , by her search for a new life in California , drew him towards what would be the hub of the rest of his life and it was touch and go whether he stayed or went back to Neptune . |
| 28 | ‘ In areas of the US such as Arizona they spend a lot of money making sure the product is moved off the shelf within three to five days or brought back . ’ |
| 29 | The company has abandoned or put back plans to bring major architectural changes and high-end Windows features to its MS-DOS environments , the same source reports . |
| 30 | Interpretations require to be negotiated or reflected back to those involved which may raise problems both of confidentiality and of altering events . |