Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] back from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muscles bounce ; thus the runner gains back from the environment most of the energy he needs for his rebound . |
| 2 | The driver sauntered back from the office , and was joined by two labourers who would load his cart . |
| 3 | An optometrist can calculate the strength of glasses a person needs by judging the light reflected back from the retina . |
| 4 | There is n't a microphone in the tree , but the echo reflected back from the tree will be Doppler-shifted upwards in pitch in this way . |
| 5 | Convinced that the Chinese communists were supplying the Vietcong ( Communist guerrillas of South Vietnam ) , the Eisenhower administration increased its aid to Diem and sent several hundred " advisers " to organize the army of South Vietnam , though the President drew back from a full commitment of US forces . |
| 6 | Pigeon-toed beneath her crinoline , Louisa clapped his performance , and the sound of her clapping sped across the ice to echo back from the trees . |
| 7 | ( The battalion got back from a six-month tour there in April — our second Caribbean posting in nine years . ) |
| 8 | It was reported by a bloke down the hill coming back from the pub . |
| 9 | The Laurels was a very nice house on the edge of the town standing back from the road in a large garden . |
| 10 | He walked on glistening pavements , across streets where the rain spat back from the tarmac . |
| 11 | The watchman stepped back from the wicket-gate . |
| 12 | going along the Kingsway coming back from the driv the driving test centre |
| 13 | This is the weird machine with the keyboard set back from the front to give you a place to rest your hands . |
| 14 | In the end there were certain logistical difficulties in getting all the petition forms back from the outlying islands in time for Helen Martini 's departure for London on Thursday 14 March . |
| 15 | The Captain walked back from the window towards the Major 's desk and tipped onto its ordered surface a bundle of buff card files . |
| 16 | But as the news leaked back from the trenches of the horror and futile brutality of the Great War , the mood changed to one of sorrow and mistrust , and even an old trouper like Baden-Powell could not hide his feelings . |
| 17 | Outside stood a young man in oilskins , the hood blowing back from a soaking tangle of brown hair blackened by the rain , and one hand gripping a duffel bag . |
| 18 | Plans had been put in hand as early as 1978 ( the so-called ‘ Ridley plan ’ : Young , 1990 , pp. 358–60 ) to tackle the miners in a later confrontation on terms favourable to the government ; indeed , because the conditions were not felt to be ripe , the government pulled back from an earlier potential confrontation in 1981 , and allowed a large pay settlement for the NUM ( Young , 1990 ) . |
| 19 | BR said the ballot showed there were real reservations among rail staff over taking industrial action and urged the union to pull back from a strike . |
| 20 | He held his hand out to her , but Fran ignored it , brushing past him to head towards the door leading back from the deck . |
| 21 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |
| 22 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |
| 23 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 24 | The Doctor shrank back from the chill of his touch . |
| 25 | That day , as we waited for the doctor to come back from the mountains , was one of deep anxiety for the whole family . |
| 26 | The number echoed back from the past . |
| 27 | ‘ Sometimes it is important for the individual to step back from the fray , ’ said , ‘ and describe to themselves what the work problems are and build up an action programme for themselves . |
| 28 | So this was how a submarine came back from a successful patrol ! |
| 29 | Chatterjee told this idea to Bikash Sinha , Director of the Calcutta Cyclotron , during a car ride back from the springs in 1984 . |
| 30 | The latter allows both parties a chance to stand back from the daily routine and take a harder look at overall performance . |