Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be emergency situations , for instance if your dog cuts its paw or is bitten by a poisonous snake , when you will need to carry it back to the vehicle or home . |
| 2 | Oxford United are facing their own big challenge … four defeats in a row has dropped them back into the bottom half of the table … last home win was this one against Millwall … tomorrow they should … they must dish out the same treatment to struggling Southend |
| 3 | They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great . |
| 4 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
| 5 | Yet , curiously , the science that has changed the presentation of text has brought it back under the control of a single person , just as it was when the first presses printed . |
| 6 | ‘ But the affair went wrong — and that 's what has brought you back across the Tasman . |
| 7 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 8 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 9 | ‘ It has put me back on the golf course , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Is your boss still being sympathetic about your problems , or is he itching to get you back to the office ? ’ |
| 11 | So think of some number right divide it by a hundred and twenty now we want to get it back to the number we first thought of so what |
| 12 | I want to get you back to the house and into a warm bed . ’ |
| 13 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 14 | ‘ It would be unwise to try to move her back to the Rectory , ’ Tom Horrocks was saying . |
| 15 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 16 | Denying armchair dog punters instant access to the results is claimed to steer them back to the tracks whose attendances have dipped from 30million to under 4million . |
| 17 | Elijah has to drag them back from the worship of the heathen fertility gods introduced by Jezebel . |
| 18 | In this case , the Bank buys bills but agrees to sell them back to the market at an agreed price some time in the future . |
| 19 | By the 1970s he 'd moved it back onto the street . |
| 20 | I remembered — I 'd stuffed it back in the envelope with my dreams . |
| 21 | Sparta had taken Delphi out of Phokian control ; Athens intervened to give it back to the Phokians , and that was that . |
| 22 | ‘ Narcissist , ’ I said , wanting to get her back into the subject ; but she dropped it . |
| 23 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 24 | Look put it back in the box otherwise there |
| 25 | Both at home and at school they usually have to remain on the floor and Alice does n't always remember to put them back in the bag . |
| 26 | Erm where I find I ca n't understand the regional accent I 'm going to give them back to the person who recorded them |
| 27 | It 's not going to press you back in the seat on acceleration or break any speed records , but it 's far from sluggish — a 119mph top speed , in fact , and 0–62mph in 12.8 seconds . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like to put it back into the auction for next week , ’ said the lady . |
| 29 | I think we 've got to put them back under the home office and make sure they 're treated as young criminals and not as social cases . |
| 30 | Mum 's got to give it back to the man . |