Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 2 | She knew it came from far back , because she felt so tiny on the rug , looking up at huge shapes . |
| 3 | Stephen Morrow played at left back against Albania and was singled out for praise by Bingham . |
| 4 | And the occasion will be given more spice by the fact that Dorahy played at full back and stand off during a spell at the Boulevard . |
| 5 | Wilson , born in Banbury and who qualified for Northern Ireland through his mother 's Co Londonderry birth , has operated at right back for Notts County in recent matches . |
| 6 | He would n't tell them anything more , but drove by tiny back roads , through impossibly steep villages to the grotesque gardens of Bomarzo . |
| 7 | Strangely enough , we actually opened for Argent back in 1974 on one of our first big tours in America , and were promptly thrown off the tour for behaving like rude Americans … which all Americans are anyway . |
| 8 | Not daring to look at him , she nodded with head back , eyes shut . |
| 9 | Despite the two serious drawbacks to this strand of Kane 's theory , the non-existence of a pure gene pool and the uselessness of purely physical attributes without intellectual characteristics , I must stress that many modern black sportsmen hold theories which seem to harken back to their slave heritage . |
| 10 | Even sacks with adjustable back lengths have their limits and people of above or below average height will have to shop around a little more carefully before finding the pack that 's just right for them . |
| 11 | She was born with severe back problems and spent much of her childhood wearing splints and fearing she would not walk again . |
| 12 | He suffers from chronic back pain and clinical depression , conditions for which he is reportedly no received medical attention . |
| 13 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 14 | If you strengthen the muscles in your back you will be far less likely to damage your back or suffer from chronic back pain . |
| 15 | They can be easily distinguished from closed back rugs by the white threads of inserted wefting running across the back . |
| 16 | The Prince of Wales was missing from Ascot , suffering from renewed back trouble , and the Princess of Wales was reported to be spending time with their sons on half-term in London . |
| 17 | The Prince of Wales was missing from Ascot , suffering from renewed back trouble , and the Princess of Wales was reported to be spending time with their sons on half-term in London . |
| 18 | It is a deliberately confused image which works in close-up but only comes into real focus when viewed from far back . |
| 19 | The big-spending Blackburn manager watched Glasgow Rangers play Lyngby on Wednesday and his eyes were firmly fixed on right back Henrik Risom . |
| 20 | Rogan , who has been Sunderland 's discovery of the season since being switched to the centre of defence by Crosby three months after his £350,000 transfer from Celtic , reverted to left back in the 2–2 draw at Brighton , when his first goal for the club salvaged a priceless point . |
| 21 | In work like this , lifting badly can lead to serious back problems , and there 's constant danger of cuts from glass edges and tins left in the rubbish . |
| 22 | Remember , constantly wearing the wrong size and style of bra can lead to permanent back bulges . |
| 23 | I chased one into a warehouse where he managed to double back and attack me from behind . |
| 24 | Similarly , if the rule about strict performance in delivery is thought to be unjust , it is overcome by invoicing back . |
| 25 | We turned off the main road at the Faiz Bazaar and wandered through dirty back lanes towards Daryaganj . |
| 26 | The top is a pullover half zip with appliqued back logo and retails for £44.99 , while the trouser is £34.99 . |
| 27 | Former Harrogate player David Casado , who had switched to full back to accommodate Johnson , was Northern 's most dangerous player , while Boro had the most effective forwards in prop Phil Wright and No 8 Tom McGrath . |
| 28 | The pilot , Steven Bagley , was forced to double back to Glasgow to collect them — delaying the flight from Stornoway from 9:40am until noon . |
| 29 | Mal could of course revert to right back , but that would mean dropping the speedy and much improved Gary Fleming ! |
| 30 | Last year did n't he play at right back ? |