Example sentences of "[be] [verb] back at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The applause from the crowd round the green must have been heard back at the clubhouse . |
| 2 | The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate . |
| 3 | Gullibility and greed are charges that can just as well be flung back at the life companies . |
| 4 | When the emergent leaves are formed , they should be cut back at the bottom at the stalks . |
| 5 | ‘ But we are being beaten back at every turn , simply because of racial prejudice . ’ |
| 6 | The real test of any training , of course , is how well it is applied back at the workface , and apart from Neale 's role in P-E , only the coming cricket season will show him how effective the Grid can be . |
| 7 | But this huntsman , for all the energy and élan of his posture , is maimed : his crippled right leg is bent back at the knee and supported on some sort of crutch . |
| 8 | He was forced to pack up his career as Charlton 's left back at the age of 20 . |
| 9 | Almost immediately it became clear that the river was kicking back at the abuse it was receiving . |
| 10 | His hair was tied back at the nape of his neck . |