Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a table in the hall was a pile of letters , addressed to officers who might be dead , or in prison camps , or coming back at any moment … . |
| 2 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
| 3 | The most important , perhaps , is freedom from the restrictive grasp of the ‘ all together now ’ class teaching system that goes back to Victorian times . |
| 4 | Now in fact what that means for me is that actually we 're all programmers — we always have been — but we have n't been used to explaining it in quite the way that computers need us to explain it , and of course that goes back to this question of understanding English that we were talking about last time . |
| 5 | The Penhill site may be the source of a story that goes back to Celtic mythology , " The Legend of the Giant of Penhill " . |
| 6 | But what you 're doing here I think it is er , er an example of the partnership , a partnership that goes back for many years , certainly during World War Two and I think er it is still strong and er holds firm today the partnership between the United States and Great Britain . |
| 7 | He also dismissed the allegation — popular with some Christian mason-watchers — that freemasonry was founded in an x ‘ antiquity that goes back into pagan religions well before the birth of Christ ’ . |
| 8 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 9 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 10 | They tell a story that reaches back to neolithic man some 5,000 years ago , to the Roman occupation , to the many religious and military influences and the continuing threat of invasion over the years . |
| 11 | Garlic is one of the most widely used aphrodisiacs around the world , with a pedigree that stretches back to ancient times . |
| 12 | I join the queue that stretches back through three carriages , in pursuit of a warm can of Travellers ' Fare lager — the only substance known to man that leaves the body in exactly the same state as it entered . |
| 13 | But even where there may seem to have been little affection shown and where few apparent links remain , emotional ties that go back to earliest days are strong , and feelings about the death of a parent are bound to go deep . |
| 14 | Pete Smith uses techniques that date back to medieval times to work the rods of metal into everything from gates to furniture . |
| 15 | The vast shipyards that stretched back from either bank of the Clyde led to deep cargo-handling docks , graving docks and the opening of the first , the Queen ‘ s , by Lord Provost James Bain on 18 September 1877 . |
| 16 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 17 | His last customer took the smile with him as he unwillingly left the warm room and limped back with chattering teeth to the unwelcoming flat at the top of the stone stairs . |
| 18 | When it has stopped coming , he drops the body and goes back for another lamb and another , creeping down the earthen steps with his blood-stained knife and his feet and ankles splashed with red . |
| 19 | You are going to reach your weight and inch target , and when you do , unless you have another goal to aim for , you may well let your fitness campaign relax and fall back into old habits . |
| 20 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 21 | Colourists at the Michaeljohn salon apply the renowned Henara Natural Colouring Powders to craftily enhance the natural pigmentation of the hair and replace its sheen , and Henara has now added a Hot Oil Conditioner to this hair-care collection , which is especially useful for injecting life and gloss back into devitalised hair after the stresses of summer . |
| 22 | Shortly afterwards Howard left Stoke Newington and moved back to central London , to St Pauls Churchyard , where he owned several houses in the neighbourhood . |
| 23 | With an effort , he heaved up first one foot and then the other and moved back onto firmer ground . |
| 24 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 25 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 26 | To remove , score the past with a knife and peel back in one layer . |
| 27 | A few seconds later , all is done — the screen changes to show you the status of the transfer , and drops back into split screen mode as soon as it is finished . |
| 28 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 29 | Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs . |
| 30 | ‘ David became ‘ David Hockney ’ when he went to America and came back with blond hair and a great new self-confidence and a much more declared homosexuality . |