Example sentences of "[verb] back for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not snowing so heavily now , ’ he said , on climbing back for the sixth time . |
| 2 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 3 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 4 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 5 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
| 6 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 7 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 8 | There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment . |
| 9 | ‘ When you 've finished , it 'll look like a snooker table , ’ he said cheerfully , and , reversing deftly , he went back for the next lot . |
| 10 | I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time . |
| 11 | Go back for a second glance — is that really me ? |
| 12 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 13 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
| 14 | Anyway , we met up , and we never did get back for the last act . |
| 15 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |