Example sentences of "[vb -s] back on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 .
2 ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’
3 He falls back on the popular device for explaining why the working class fail to live up to what is expected of them — they are reduced to mindless automatons , responding only to right-wing media messages .
4 All of whom have been second-guessed by Ollie , who romps his plodmobile ( definitely not a Lagonda ! ) gaily down the Bayswater Road , barrels up Piccadilly , even throttles back on the vacant Euston Road to give the competition a sporting chance .
5 It filled his his truck up so he said when he comes back on the next delivery he 'll take all the turf away for fifteen quid .
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