Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This philosophy is matched by the general willingness of the Nicaraguan people to accept ex-offenders back into the community . |
| 2 | As a result banks may have to call in money from the discount houses , which , in turn being short of liquidity , have to sell bills back to the Bank of England ( acting as lender of last resort ) . |
| 3 | Only last month , BR agreed to put barriers back at the crossing at Ruswarp . |
| 4 | SPEEDWAY : Edinburgh Monarchs beat Middlesbrough Bears 57–33 in the Homefire League 's second division to put Bears back to the bottom of the table . |
| 5 | In the 1950s , anti-Communism and the ideology of the nuclear family combined to put women back in the kitchen and to launch a series of prosecutions of gay men which amounted to mass persecution . |
| 6 | ONE of Saddam Hussein 's henchmen yesterday launched a bitter personal attack on Premier John Major and President George Bush over the allies ' decision to send warplanes back to the Gulf . |
| 7 | A significant portion of the new funds would be used for NASA 's plans to conduct a massive study of the planet Earth , and for Bush 's initiative to send astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars . |
| 8 | On one occasion , ‘ action likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ was invoked by Kent police successfully to turn miners back at the Dartford tunnel , over 100 miles from their intended destination . |
| 9 | ‘ There is pressure on me sometimes to get players back in the team . |
| 10 | It is possible to appeal against a decision to transfer proceedings back to the family proceedings court ( The Children ( Allocation of Proceedings ) ( Appeals ) Order 1991 ( SI No 1801 , art 2 ) ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Untidy pig , ’ Alice said , and began to throw things back into the drawer . |
| 12 | A farmer is trying to bring jobs back to the countryside by turning his Victorian cattle sheds into offices . |