Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 2 | Such technology is the product of a company with roots that go back a long way in the history of sportswear . |
| 3 | He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside . |
| 4 | I went to the pawnbroker and got back a little gold locket . |
| 5 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 6 | Instead he lowered his blade and drew back a rapid pace or two , nostrils wide and long lips smiling savagely , and suddenly turning away , vanished into the bushes . |
| 7 | She would rally the creatures of this Castle , and the Cruithin , and drive out Medoc and beat back the Dark Ireland . |
| 8 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 9 | So she went and bought some in Lincoln and came back the next day and got down on her knees and cleaned it all up . |
| 10 | ‘ But , like it or not , we were there and involved in it , and looking back the amazing thing for me is I 'm sitting here , breathing , after all that . |
| 11 | You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it . |
| 12 | It was still convenient to hold that the Labour Party relied on a " left " Party " which will stand between the Communist Party and the Labour Party and hold back the British workers from following the revolutionary policy of the Communist International " . |
| 13 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 14 | ‘ People were turning around and going back the other way , which was extremely dangerous . |
| 15 | I rejoined the lane , and walked back a little way towards Navan . |
| 16 | Joanna nodded equably and Sophie got out and walked back a short distance . |
| 17 | The latter is an evocative nature ballad and a poignant portrait of the artist at sunset but the forecast says Cash will be mining riches and holding back the black night for many years to come . |
| 18 | This means restraint in public spending and holding back the natural enthusiasm of a clutch of new ministers to open the purse strings . |
| 19 | Katherine crossed to the window and pulled back the heavy drapes , squinting against the pale January sunlight . |
| 20 | Benjamin went across and pulled back the dead man 's head . |
| 21 | And coming back the other way . |
| 22 | Many of the males went to work in town and sent back a little money occasionally . |
| 23 | And for once Lisa managed to suppress her irritation and bit back the impatient demand for an answer that she felt instinctively rising to her lips . |
| 24 | ‘ Is that also the reason you will assume Fergus 's mantle and go into the Far Future to bind the Apocalypse and turn back the Four Horsemen ? ’ |
| 25 | They wanted to hug , cuddle , kiss , make daisy chains and watch the ducklings running on the surface of the lake , but one was told to grow up and pay back the beastly Jews who were wicked people and had put daddy Schicklgruber out of work , another that anyone who did n't enjoy riding bare back across Asia splitting skulls was a sissy , the third that all Mensheviks carried a knife up their sleeve and needed purging . |
| 26 | This will ensure that the appropriate corporation tax accounting period can be created , and the company is then free to pay the dividend and carry back the relevant ACT . |
| 27 | They helped her straighten the covers in the morning , and folded back the white sheet with celestial zest . |
| 28 | Throw your body-weight forwards and pull back the leading fist , using this combination action to snap punch into the opponent 's face . |
| 29 | What is needed from you Congress is to fight these distortions and to take back the front page headlines and make sure that the headlines are accurate , fair and truthful . |
| 30 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |