Example sentences of "the [noun pl] draw back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently released Home Office papers in fact show that the authorities drew back from prosecuting even the most blatant cases of anti-semitic propaganda both before and during the Second World War despite the fact that it was ostensibly being fought to destroy Hitlerism . |
| 2 | When part of the roof collapsed and flames rose half as high again as the manor house , the firefighters drew back and restricted their efforts to keeping the outbuildings of the farm damped down . |
| 3 | In your bedroom , do you keep a dim light glowing gently or the curtains drawn back so that it is never pitch dark ? |
| 4 | He slept with the curtains drawn back and the top of the window open . |
| 5 | Maybe , in her nightgown , the gas mantle turned down , the curtains drawn back , moonlight across the floor ( and if they do n't like the noise , let them come and complain ) , she could sing … |
| 6 | Theda came to herself to find that she lay in a large four-poster bed , with the curtains drawn back , and the weak autumn sun coming in at the windows . |
| 7 | The children drew back hastily to let her through and her progress across the asphalt was like that of Moses going through the Red Sea when the waters parted . |