Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] back from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ hands-off ’ status meant social security money could be obtained by charging residents , who would claim it back from the DSS , but staff for the homes were provided by the health authority 's mental handicap unit through a separate agreement . |
| 2 | England did not seem to believe that Spanish-based Tab Ramos could juggle it back from the bye-line and when he did , no-one had picked up the 6ft 1ins Kaiserlauten defender as he powered his header past Chris Woods . |
| 3 | She waited to see if McGee would make it back from the drawing room then , fearful lest he should have to ring a second time , she opened the door . |
| 4 | If she was really too old to cure herself of facetious thoughts , at least she could bite them back from the tip of her tongue . |
| 5 | No army could turn it back from the borders , no weapon could be wielded against it . |