Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Have you seen how the king of the jungle behaves when the missus brings back a nice bit of venison ?
2 The literature on the professions goes back a long way , but seems to have reached a peak in the 1960s and 1970s ( see , for example , Etzioni 1969 ; Jackson 1970 ) , perhaps because the professions were at an apogee of esteem at that point , before the attacks of Illich ( 1977 ) and others who , like Shaw many years before , accused them of establishing a ‘ radical monopoly ’ in the name of meeting people 's ‘ needs ’ .
3 ‘ That — that our relationship goes back a long way , of course . ’
4 Mankind 's love affair with the apple goes back a long way .
5 Iron working in the area goes back a long way .
6 However , social historians say couples having non-penetrative sex goes back a long way .
7 This awareness goes back a long time , and to Lace it we need to leave the field of folklore and go back into the realms of ancient philosophy .
8 The defence infused a breathless energy into every move ; they bustled the northern cracks into comparative impotence ; they beat back this magnificent fighting line which has been the terror of a dozen clubs as a break-water hurls back the lashing waves .
9 The thought of these two Smith & Wessons brings back an old tingle .
10 ‘ His family goes back a long way . ’
11 For BP , involvement in the region goes back a long way .
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