Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] back the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I nodded my White Sox cap in his direction and bent down to start screwing back the vent cover . |
2 | Even if you can actually design antibodies which will fight the disease for the patient , it 's still very much trying to hold back the disease progress . |
3 | Again this hope seems set against the tides of history , but again we can not be certain that a positive policy of Empire and tariffs could not have turned back the tide in 1902 or 1912 . |
4 | We did n't care about the magazine we just wanted to trace back the gold chain see who handled it . |
5 | Quietly she gave her version of events , often struggling to hold back the tears . |
6 | Eureka Oxterguff , na hauff , see the Majestic , the smella lacquer in the lavvys wid 've knocked you miroc amok never mind knocking back the quarter bottle . |