Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Crangle would spend hours rearranging them into their proper sections only to come back the next day and find them all mixed up again . |
| 2 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ The policy of peaceful coexistence … does not only hold back the revolutionary struggle , but promotes its upsurge … the might of the Soviet Union serves as a decisive obstacle in the way of imperialist plans for unleashing a new world war . ’ |
| 4 | You could indeed , you could indeed it it reinforces a point does n't it , so I mean I so went back a few times with the flipchart yesterday with things that we need to re reinforce yes ? |
| 5 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 6 | Leave to dry overnight before gently bending back the waxed paper and lifting off the piped outlines with a palette knife . |
| 7 | However , do n't thrust the chin forwards and only pull back the withdrawing hand as far as the side of the face — not to the ribs or the hip . |
| 8 | Erm , just to go back a wee bit to the thing about th the image and and the fight that we have on our hands er , to actually break into the media , I do n't , I think people underestimate the control an and er the feeling that men have that it 's their game and we 're not gon na take it away from them ! |
| 9 | For Christine , a nursery school teacher living near Manchester , now that most the ‘ teething troubles ’ with Anna are over , there is only one sadness : that she did not bring back a second child . |
| 10 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 11 | In addition to explaining the risks of financial loss , the warning notice also explains a number of key aspects of the operation of futures markets which may not be readily apparent to the private investor such as : ( 1 ) The treatment of collateral and the fact that a customer may lose a proprietary interest in the collateral and not receive back the same assets that he deposited . |
| 12 | [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade . |
| 13 | When they waved to her , and held up little Enoch to see her better , she could no longer keep back the blinding tears . |
| 14 | Right can you just move back a little bit more so I can actually |
| 15 | A TELEVISION commentator who once referred to the Augusta crowd as a ‘ mob ’ so angered tournament officials that he was not invited back the following year . |
| 16 | A massive demonstration of trade union muscle on Saturday , when 5,000 placard-waving supporters gathered in the city square , heard the stakes in the dispute raised dramatically with a call to shut the factory for good if management did not take back the 340 strikers . |
| 17 | The Russians , fighting desperately to hold back the German invaders , called on the Allies to set up a " second front " in Western Europe by invading France . |
| 18 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 19 | Wayne seemed frozen in mid-action as she quickly threw back the top sheet of the bed and climbed in ; but then he recovered , and started an awkward fight to get his shoes off without actually untying their laces . |
| 20 | Other banks and lending institutions are beginning to realise that Third World countries have very little hope of ever paying back the huge loans they have taken out . |
| 21 | She had made her attitude clear enough to her , heaven knows , but here she was , still coming back every other Sunday , year after year , as welcome as the Irish potato blight . |
| 22 | We also welcome back a former club captain , Trevor ‘ Killer ’ Proby ( 52 ) after a four-year suspension . |
| 23 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
| 24 | You can also get back an additional amount as compensation for the NI contributions you have paid on SMP . |
| 25 | you can also get back an extra percentage amount of NIC compensation on SMP . |
| 26 | Robbie found that instead of sobs she was now fighting back a hysterical desire to laugh . |
| 27 | Of course such a supper , minus the wine , she might have eaten on any of the evenings ( and they now stretched back a long way ) when she found herself alone . |
| 28 | Sorry , lads , ca n't beat back the Nazi hordes today , Fred 's left the key at home . |
| 29 | For example , if a breach were to affect the profitability of the Business , it would be unfair to compensate the Purchaser by simply paying back the lost profits when the Purchaser has paid a price calculated by reference to a multiple of profits . |
| 30 | People with bright ideas must not only carry their opinions out of politics and into the research institutions , but must regularly move back the opposite way when the call comes . |