Example sentences of "back the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 2 | Looking back the staff who worked there are amazed that there was " such a good spirit when you think of all that people had to contend with " but the overwhelming impression is that of happiness and enjoyment . |
| 3 | He would pay back the £5,000 together with the interest in 120 monthly instalments of £82.89 . |
| 4 | The tent might blow away , I might get bitten by a snake , or I might not be able to pay back the £1,500 I had borrowed to finance the trip . |
| 5 | Worse still , if the stick is being held back the aircraft may bounce off the ground into an even more nose-high attitude and at an even lower speed . |
| 6 | Mr Clinton will scale back the $12 billion he hopes to raise from the tax over the next five years by between a third and two-thirds . |