Example sentences of "[vb infin] back [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was supposed to open and flap back at the end of the world and let her out , resurrected . |
| 2 | They saw him start and jump back to the shelter of the bank . |
| 3 | Looking ahead , Souness said he was confident his side can bounce back in the League after the reverse at Tottenham . |
| 4 | He 'll probably merge back into the Department of Transport . |
| 5 | If he could root back through the maze of moment and incident , would he find premonitory signs sticking out like dire figurations of chicken entrails ? |
| 6 | If the backpack gets too heavy , of course , you could always canoe back down the river to Chepstow ! |
| 7 | To measure sincerity in weapons proved very difficult , and so , from time to time , the American delegation would fall back on the mantra of peace , peace to which only Iraq was the obstacle , peace in which all these obsessions about the latest arms and the best would be redundant . |
| 8 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 9 | It seems that the central significance of economic support in families lies in its reliability : you always know that you can fall back upon the support of relatives if necessary and that this will be regarded as a legitimate request . |
| 10 | In the Kindron Valley part of the Garden of Gethsemane has been preserved with a number of very old olive trees which may even date back to the time of Jesus . |
| 11 | Since May was seventy-two when his book was published , it is clear that many of his recipes must date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st . |
| 12 | Here , we can perhaps refer back to the discussion of graduate employment presented early in the chapter . |
| 13 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 14 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 15 | Why , she asked , did n't they form a small subcommittee to inquire into the identity of this young author , and , when they had discovered it , they could report back to the rest of the members , and they could then discuss what action should be taken . |
| 16 | 4 Decide who will report back to the rest of the class what you have decided . |
| 17 | The details of the timetable motion allow for just five days ' debate on a Bill which is 103 pages long , contains 94 clauses and nine schedules and which must report back to the House by 26 February . |
| 18 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 19 | Then Rachel would flit back along the alleyways to Richmond Palace . ’ |
| 20 | The rent officer is also responsible for monitoring the rents which voluntary hostels can claim back in the form of housing benefits , and there are fears that the limits for hostels will be set at too low a level creating difficulties for both residents and the hostel management . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 22 | I believe that in 100 years people will look back on the middle of the twentieth century as a nightmare period when mankind suddenly discovered the means to destroy itself , and was seriously considering using this as a preferable alternative to reconciling differing political views . |
| 23 | AQUARIUS — IN TIME to come Aquarians will look back on the period between mid-1991 and the end of 1993 as a watershed . |
| 24 | In which case , the British public may look back on the era of scarcity as a golden age of broadcasting . |
| 25 | In London or Dublin the girls would look back to the house for healing . |
| 26 | They drew the eye to One Tree Hill , now forested over , and from this clump , at Chested , he could look back over the top of Chiddingstone Castle to another clump at Mark Beech beyond . |
| 27 | He parted some ferns so we could look back across the Paddock to the changing-rooms where the next toy soldier had just launched himself towards the Orchard . |
| 28 | To confirm this we have to pause and look back from the road to Aubeterre as it climbs the eastern slope of the valley of the Tude , just as Pound must have paused in 1911 ; and then we see that , whereas the modern town of Chalais is in the river bottom , old Chalais , a manorial village grouped round the gate of the château , does indeed stand on the ridge behind , so that the tops of the tallest poplars by the river wave just below the walls of the château . |
| 29 | Employees are likely to be concerned about how they will fit back into the system on returning from an overseas contract . |
| 30 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |