Example sentences of "back for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There you have , let's have it back for honesty .
2 Spurs go back for goal ace
3 ‘ Then why did you have to go back for treatment ? ’
4 Any hassles , get her to buzz me back for clearance .
5 That leaves £7.7m to be distributed but Mr Jordan said some of this would still have to be held back for litigation .
6 Trainer Francois Doumen said last night : ‘ The challenge is to bring him back for Gold Cup day in the same shape he was for Kempton .
7 Next morning I checked the typing for errors and sent it back for correction .
8 Maybe I should see myself back for midday then ? ’
9 Burton was heading back for base .
10 They have been duly sent back for inclusion in the prize draw .
11 Asked if the death penalty should be brought back for terrorist murderers , a majority supported its return .
12 They demanded that the Shah , who had fled from Iran and who was undergoing treatment for cancer in the USA , should be sent back for trial before the hostages were set free .
13 After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount .
14 Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home .
15 The farewells they made to him , as they took his pony 's rein and made to turn back for home , were quiet and constrained , but clearly friendly .
16 The archers cut them down — a few broke back for home unscathed .
17 At Hunstead Park from May nineteen eighty nine until May nineteen ninety , both parents stayed for the first week and thereafter supported the plaintiff in taking her back for home visits , every weekend plus a week at Christmas and Easter .
18 Clare Wildish has come back for help feeding her second baby , 3 day old Emma .
19 ( A further five were referred back for lack of such sponsors ) .
20 At the same function RFU secretary Dudley Wood said that the problem is worse in France , where the national club championship is the dominating force , whilst the president added that the RFU had twice been prepared to act against clubs but held back for lack of clinching evidence .
21 ‘ But pop a poulet in the pot for me , and I 'll be back for lunch .
22 They had all come back for lunch but the women had rebelled at going out in the afternoon .
23 ‘ Shift the cattle , work the horses , stick and ball , come back for lunch , an hour 's siesta , and you go out like a light I can tell you , then we play chukkas in the afternoon .
24 After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio .
25 I do n't know how she coped , they say — Rich telling her he 'd be back for lunch and not turning up till dinner and then with Stanley or some other pals .
26 Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside .
27 He asked me back for lunch after the Eucharist .
28 An hour later we set off back for lunch , planning to bring back Penny in the evening when we 'd have another go with the rods and , of course , lift the nets .
29 ‘ I shall be back for lunch ! ’
30 As two days are allocated for the match in order to obtain a result , refunds can not be made and nor can tickets be accepted back for exchange or re-sale .
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