Example sentences of "[vb base] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clients will announce their intentions to the group , and then report back the following week . |
| 2 | Every household of eunuchs has a network of informers — sweepers , dhobis , midwives — who report back the imminent births and marriages in their district . |
| 3 | Stuff the jacuzzi and send back the limo — Bivouac just wan na plod ! |
| 4 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
| 5 | No , that 's nothing , call off the men in the white coats , send back the padded van , we 've got our own first-aid kit . |
| 6 | If at the end of three months you decide that this is too elaborate for you or you 'd like to , if you need to see a week at a glance , er , you just call my office , send back the pages you have n't used , and we would exchange those er , for the equivalent in a different format . |
| 7 | More importantly , both groups wittily peel back the scabs of modern pop until they form into mottled bruises . |
| 8 | In all these cases the treatment is simple : put back the skin fats by the liberal use of moisturising creams . |
| 9 | Slowly I put back the receiver and climbed upstairs . |
| 10 | We put back the colours and the sales went up again . ’ |
| 11 | As part of the eventual closedown , deal workers demanded the protestors put back the wood they 'd moved . |
| 12 | You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it . |
| 13 | Thus children have to suppress their grief , and hold back the tears and pain . |
| 14 | Big men do n't cry so the saying goes , so I hold back the tears — but they 're there none the less . |
| 15 | The point of contact between British and French colonies was still on the seacoast , and here the British regular forces and the colonial militia co-operated effectively and captured the fortress of Louisbourg , which the French had fortified at immense cost to command the entrance to the St. Lawrence and hold back the British in Nova Scotia . |
| 16 | If I hold back the tears , the feeling becomes locked or blocked in my body . |
| 17 | It was still convenient to hold that the Labour Party relied on a " left " Party " which will stand between the Communist Party and the Labour Party and hold back the British workers from following the revolutionary policy of the Communist International " . |
| 18 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 19 | ( e ) Bend back the lower end and use the knife to lift a sliver of pith to reveal the swelling of the embryo bud . |
| 20 | Then cut back the pipe tails to the old radiator position , and cap off the pipe ends . |
| 21 | ‘ Was n't your door you opened , ’ cut back the Exec Director sharply . |
| 22 | The International Stock Exchange , London , was pretentious and confusing , so welcome back the London Stock Exchange . |
| 23 | In addition to explaining the risks of financial loss , the warning notice also explains a number of key aspects of the operation of futures markets which may not be readily apparent to the private investor such as : ( 1 ) The treatment of collateral and the fact that a customer may lose a proprietary interest in the collateral and not receive back the same assets that he deposited . |
| 24 | The dynamic diaphragm of any club , however , is its support , those diehards who , for no reward , man the gates , pick up litter , kick back the divots and aerosol the toilets . |
| 25 | However , these are only blips in the stream of things , as are the rise of index investing and increased use of futures to rebalance portfolios ( both of which slice back the brokers ' business ) . |
| 26 | Will he also use this opportunity to give a categorical pledge that under no circumstances will he lift the ceiling on national insurance contributions , because that would , in effect , claw back the extra pay that teachers gained yesterday ? |
| 27 | That 's what you 've indicated , so how do people claw back the bad position that they were in before ? |
| 28 | It had taken only a little practice to discover how to lie there , flat on her back , and slowly , with great care , peel away the roof beam and open back the two vast panes of glass . |
| 29 | When I look back the me of those days bears no relation at all to the me now . |
| 30 | Interest cover was already strong and is now at nearly ten times patently er , a very healthy level and whether or not you add back the good will on other er , acquisitions , I dare say the ratio is at a very low level indeed . |