Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PHYSICS lecturers are going back to the nursery to teach toddlers in the water tub while admissions tutors consider the merits of palm-reading and astrology for selecting students at Newcastle Polytechnic . |
| 2 | Note that only some of the additional text rows created by lexicographic activity in the Working-Set are copied back to the Main Database . |
| 3 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |
| 4 | They will also fit the 6 cylinder 109 if the bell housing is changed and the engine mounts are moved back on the chassis . |
| 5 | Just as in reverse discourse the categories of subordination are turned back upon the regimes of truth which disqualify , so this ‘ other ’ sensibility is in part affirmed as an inversion and absence of sensibility 's traditional criteria . |
| 6 | Burned by their experience of the volatility of the capital markets , many leading banks such as Bank of America and Lloyds are pulling back from the periphery of their systems to defend their home bases . |
| 7 | But meanwhile many Japanese eyes are turning back to the root cause : policy co-ordination and America . |
| 8 | The arrows in the drawing are moving back from the boundary of the information field to the centre . |
| 9 | Resisting stubbornly , the Highland units were pushed back through a 180° arc for nearly two miles [ 3.2 km ] and driven across the River Allan , while the Jacobite right forced Argyll 's left to retreat towards Stirling . |
| 10 | Most of their funds were lent back to the personal sector . |
| 11 | As Ashi dressed swiftly her eyes were drawn back to the carriage clock . |
| 12 | Her eyes were drawn back to the set , where Dane was still holding court . |
| 13 | The headman issued vouchers , and the animals were brought back to the slaughterhouse with their papers in order . |
| 14 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 15 | His lips were drawn back in a snarl of pain , his skinny white limbs were like a frozen chicken 's . |
| 16 | Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 . |
| 17 | Now that a reaction is setting in , Mr Gorbachev is leaning back towards the conservatives to keep his balance . |
| 18 | If all is satisfactory the credit card is handed back to the customer with a copy of the sales voucher and a receipted bill . |
| 19 | RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 20 | As body weight is transferred back to the centre of the machine , lifting the bike still further , the rider heaves himself forward over the front . |
| 21 | If he takes an ( optical ) photograph of the wall he will have a snap of featureless plaster , as the light is reflected back from the surface and not from inside the structure . |
| 22 | Next the first capacitor is connected back to the input so that a fresh sample voltage is taken . |
| 23 | Money from the rent of the gymnasium is put back into the company to pay for repairs , contract window-cleaning and other matters of mutual concern . |
| 24 | But gradually the blood is drawn back into the body and the veins harden into rigid struts that will give the wing its strength . |
| 25 | Larger gravel is discharged back into the river . |
| 26 | Her glance was drawn back to the bed again when , clearly befuddled , and with no idea how he came to be where he was , he slurred , ‘ How did I get here ? ’ |
| 27 | The stranger was led back through the empty trains to the car shed pits where he could gain access to the street . |
| 28 | The card was borne back on a silver tray . |
| 29 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 30 | After measurements had been carried out under each of these conditions , the metre rule was moved back towards the experimenter so that the subject could see his/her finger when pointing . |