Example sentences of "[to-vb] back [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first instinct had been to creep back to the familiar haven of her room , but now Chesarynth could n't face its bright emptiness . |
| 2 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 3 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 4 | Eighteen months later , in March 1944 , at a second Chinese-sponsored conference at Liuchow , Ho had not only managed to slip back under the nationalist umbrella of the Dong Minh Hoi but , as one of its representatives , was named as a member of a Provisional Government which was expecting to enter Vietnam in the wake of the ‘ liberating ’ Chinese armies . |
| 5 | Only by trying to stand back from the daily grind and reviewing one 's long term goals can such opposition be slowly undermined . |
| 6 | The latter allows both parties a chance to stand back from the daily routine and take a harder look at overall performance . |
| 7 | Colour began to come back into the young woman 's cheeks . |
| 8 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 9 | I will want to come back on the same point that 's just been made , but if before I get to that there are some other points that I think I should make in explanation of the lead we have given , if I may call it that , in putting forward the distribution of the Greater York total . |
| 10 | And , as one later moved into other divisions to be taught by other people one always seemed to come back to the Roman Conquest of Britain , which I found particularly boring , and learnt nothing . |
| 11 | Erm but to come back to the first criterion which says avoid the greenbelt , I know exactly what you mean when you say avoid the greenbelt , but if in the context of the wording before that where it says to be located beyond the outer boundary of the York greenbelt , do you need to have criterion one ? |
| 12 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |
| 13 | I have no residual obligation to come back to the same market stall next week . |
| 14 | Ready to come back to the unreal world ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We wanted to play Dublin but all the venues were booked out months ago , so we 'll have to come back in the New Year and do somewhere like the SFX or the Stadium . |
| 16 | He had a strong feeling that he wanted to dash back to the Romano-British section and break a piece of statuary over the bastard 's head . |
| 17 | Where an applicant voluntarily left accommodation but had then acquired temporary accommodation , the courts interpreted the legislation so as to entitle the local authority to relate back to the first accommodation and so to find that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 18 | The hope among many is that Lamont , or as looks increasingly unlikely , his successor , will be able to pull back from the second rise when he comes to the December 1994 Budget . |
| 19 | Any sign of browning or other discolouration could be the onset of die-back , and if this is confirmed , you may be able to trim it away , but if it goes back below the node , you will have to prune back to the next growth bud irrespective of its direction . |
| 20 | The Sheffield Wednesday defender last night confirmed that he 's ready to bounce back in the live TV match with Spurs exactly 12 days after a horror collision . |
| 21 | Beyond the glass there was a sporadically placed ring of guards and dogs who seemed uncertain as to whether to stare back at the distorted press of faces at the glass panes , or whether to watch instead the spiral column of smoke and the flames that played at its heels . |
| 22 | On present form , future generations are likely to look back on the 1992 election — with its emphasis on marginal tax rates — as at best rather quaint , or at worst a tragic irrelevance . |
| 23 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 24 | We have to look back to the first quarter of 1988 to see a time when construction output was so low . |
| 25 | He left the convent with Amsterdam , not turning to look back at the ancient pile . |
| 26 | It may be questioned whether this change achieves very much of a practical nature since ( a ) one still needs to look back at the common law of detinue to determine what constitutes the new form of conversion and ( b ) there still survive two torts of interference with property which have a considerable overlap with conversion , i.e . |
| 27 | Fei Yen reined in her horse and turned to look back down the steep slope beneath the beacon . |
| 28 | He told the major he feared that in retiring to the palace he was imprisoning himself and would never be able to escape back to the real world . |
| 29 | This ensures that they would not be prepared to renegotiate back to the original agreement . |
| 30 | They would like Britain to opt back into the social chapter , but join other EC members in attempting to renegotiate its contents . |