Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [v-ing] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Going about , ’ he shouted and watched in amazement the crazed proficiency of the little cocaine addict leaping back into the cockpit to winch the genoa sheet in . |
| 2 | In the example given , the College 's close relationship with the catering industry , covering conventional day-release , specialist courses and demonstrations , and extensive work experience dating back to the 1960s had given the mutual confidence and understanding which made an unconventional pattern worth trying . |
| 3 | Visitors can see an extensive collection of textile machinery dating back to the 18th century along with an exhibition tracing the development of Wales ' woollen industry from the Middle Ages . |
| 4 | Dinmore Manor is on the site of a Knights Hospital dating back to the days of the crusades . |
| 5 | He had been a loyal supporter for many years , his business relationship stretching back to the 1900s when he booked John 's touring pantomimes . |
| 6 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |
| 7 | Mr Chairman what 's the erm chance of the Petticoat restaurant coming back under the playhouse umbrella . |
| 8 | Guinness has a long standing tradition of community involvement dating back to the eighteenth century . |
| 9 | The thump of the back wheel coming back into the gutter brought Bob 's window down . |
| 10 | The leasing agreement , ending a border dispute dating back to the partition of Bengal into Indian and Pakistani sections in 1947 , had been formally concluded between India and Bangladesh in 1974 [ see p. 26572 ] . |
| 11 | A former sales manager looking back on the time he had to juggle with the moral and immoral balls of corporate demands said that : |
| 12 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |
| 13 | Crocodiles and lizards have a fossil record extending back to the Triassic , snakes to the Cretaceous . |
| 14 | Some important groups , like the mosses and liverworts , have a sporadic fossil record extending back to the Carboniferous , but they are not likely to be encountered without a special search . |
| 15 | Beautiful cover showing a window opening into the past for this time travel tale about an Oxford student stepping back into the Middle Ages to finish her thesis and ending up in the middle of the plague . |
| 16 | This is a very special 14-night tour which has only one departure on 19 June — perfectly timed to give a limited number of our customers a chance to attend the opening night of the Verona Opera Season : Verdi 's Don Carlo , performed in the 20,000 seat Roman Arena amphitheatre dating back to the 1st century . |