Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Pilots have complained that airlines force them to work long hours , new jets are being grounded or sent back to the manufacturers for modification , and the government has been attacked for a series of embarrassing lapses at major airports . |
2 | He threw her a final black look and proceeded to storm past her , then paused at the edge of the path that led back through the gardens . |
3 | Another speculation is that this odd behaviour ( to humans ) is a genetically controlled one that goes back to the days of the giant ground sloths . |
4 | It has stuck to an antiquated way of operating that harks back to the days of guild power , and has refused to countenance criticism . |
5 | In the largest experiment ever undertaken using the methods of integrated pest management ( IPM ) , scientists with the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) have demonstrated that cutting back on the applications of pesticide can result in increased crop yields . |
6 | Through Morndun she saw writhing spirits and running ghosts that drifted back into the trees as her haunting gaze fell upon them and they became aware of being watched . |
7 | Florida is the shock of the new jutaposed with '40s and '50s kitsch and the magnificent turn-of-the-century beachfront resorts that date back to the days when the Northern grandees , steamer trunks and servants in tow , would descend by private rail to the exclusive enclaves of Sarasota , Palm Beach and Miami . |
8 | Perhaps it is better , rather than roaming back into the recesses of geological time to consider the sudden and simultaneous extinctions that happened in Our geological yesterday . |
9 | Only 15 months later , the participants in that match , which , it must be said , was not full of passion , are now presumably heavily engaged in destroying each other simply because they come from two sides of a divide that dates back to the tragedies , miseries and horrors of the second world war , back to the first world war and into the deep recesses of history before that time . |
10 | If there are no more loans to be entered , the user presses the RETURN key and goes back to the options list . |
11 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
12 | There must be adequate and timely arrangements for the operating experience on other PWR plants to be collected , analysed and passed back to the operators with any necessary retraining . |
13 | When he saw Robert , he made what looked like a little , stunted bow and moved back towards the boys on the lawn . |
14 | Sighing , she ignored pride 's dictates and sank back against the pillows . |
15 | Andy gives a small smile , takes the empty glass from her and heads back through the crowds to the kitchen . |
16 | But before she could continue , he was brushing past her roughtly , almost causing her to stagger and stumble back down the steps . |
17 | Originally Salcey was part of the chain of Royal Hunting Forests that stretched from Stanford to Oxford and dated back to the days of William the Conqueror ( 1066 ) . |
18 | Down she went and came back with the cups of tea and slices of cake on a tray . |
19 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
20 | Yet the incident may have been deliberately provoked : some of the demonstrators were armed , and fired back at the police . |
21 | Er about drugs and going back to the drugs , you mentioned about valium and problems |
22 | Many of the beaches were almost deserted in my early childhood , and to walk on a newly washed shore as the tide receded , and look back on the footsteps in the shining sand was a delight . |
23 | I handed her the water and climbed back between the sheets . |
24 | Then Angel vaulted back on to his pony , which had just tottered groggily to its feet , and galloped back to the stables . |
25 | And get back to the designs and see what could be improved upon and what have you . |
26 | But our Key Person policy compensated us , which kept our backers and creditors happy , and eventually we managed to recruit new people , reorganise and get back on the rails again . ’ |
27 | ‘ Hopefully he will respond , turn things around and get back among the lads . ’ |
28 | He comes pounding down the ladder , and grabs the wheel and stampedes back into the waves . |
29 | These were then combined as a buffet and served back to the students together with one free soft drink of their choice . |
30 | Somehow I got back up and completed the climb — but by the time I hobbled and shuffled back to the sacks , the sun was already casting its final , blood red spotlight on Cloggy 's slabs and buttresses . |