Example sentences of "back as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of precious substances is richly documented , principally by archaeology , as far back as their first recognition by some of the earliest representatives of the modern species of Homo sapiens . |
| 2 | Ten years ago I remember I used to think that it was our mental hospitals which later generations would regard as the most staggering and incomprehensible blind spot of our time , on which they would look back as we do upon the generations which burnt witches or tried by ordeal . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the present Australian drought can be put in perspective by comparison with the five major droughts that hit the region in the previous 100 years , which is as far back as we have accurate meteorological records in Australia . |
| 4 | On a recent visit to Brooks Brothers , we tried to buy two identical shirts in a style that the store has stocked as far back as we can remember . |
| 5 | A surge of adrenalin banished the early morning queasiness , and the feeling of excitement came back as we examined this new land through binoculars . |
| 6 | I looked back as we powered away up the hill through the trees , heading for Edinburgh . |
| 7 | At the airport he kept looking back as we were walking towards our plane ; eventually I looked back too and saw an attractive young woman hurrying along after us . |
| 8 | we morris-dance them back as we can . |
| 9 | Put it all back as we found it eh ? |
| 10 | Her mouth opened hungrily beneath his and she heard his hoarse intake of breath , his fingers relaxing fractionally on her wrists as his kiss grew deep and passionate , and she responded , kissing him back , her eyes closing and her head tilting back as her body arched softly against his . |
| 11 | She hesitated , then with the point of her shoe touched a clump of fungi that grew round the roots of a large oak tree , drawing back as one burst open . |
| 12 | After 1983 , the ‘ frontiers of the state ’ were , in this respect at least , rolled back as they had not been since 1945 . |
| 13 | ‘ I could run a club like this , ’ they say in an expansive sort of way , leaning back as they enunciate every word ever so carefully . |
| 14 | I just assumed they were trying to cut back as they had been a bit too lavish . |
| 15 | Now , with high-tech skills , they are trying to put things back as they were |
| 16 | We are loudly human all the way back as they light up for me just how far I had strayed . |
| 17 | This showed conclusively that Thoresby 's contents were far more complete than had previously been realized and , with relatively little rearrangement , could have been put back as they appeared in early photographs . |
| 18 | Another dhāmi has joined him and they link arms for a while and then move closer together , stretching their arms across each other 's shoulders so they dance as one , their bodies tilting first forwards and then back as they bounce across the roof . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know — ’ Maggie yells back as they cross the main road at a run . |
| 20 | The enemy models may not fight back as they are too surprised to react in time to return blows . |
| 21 | Times were changing , and he began to realize that things would never go back as they had once been . |
| 22 | Not wanting anyone to see her dress from behind — the hem had come undone and she was n't wearing stockings — she had hung back as they came through the doors of the Grill Room . |
| 23 | The young man or woman sings along with the song again again , putting their head back as they do so . |
| 24 | This composition — two figures moving across one another and turning back as they do becomes a regular ‘ strife-motive ’ in classical art ; the west pediment of the Parthenon ( fig. 132 ) is a major example . |
| 25 | Tim , she was told , had turned back as they neared the café , saying he would come later . |
| 26 | The man took a couple of steps back as they headed for him ; but then they stopped , as if they 'd sensed his fury and found it to be a wall that they hesitated to scale . |
| 27 | This non-reciprocal pattern of usage is closely linked with expectations that the younger person should not be held back as they make their way through an English-speaking educational system by an over-familiarity with Patwa . |
| 28 | The LRDG patrol which was to carry out a diversionary raid on Benina airfield decided to turn back as there was no longer enough time to drive there and back in darkness . |
| 29 | Public or private , Amstrad will have to cut back as there are no blockbuster products in the pipeline , Sugar warns . |
| 30 | All her nervousness came back as she approached the post office just ahead of the mail van . |