Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UN flies bodies home THE BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen were flown home to Pakistan yesterday as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days ’ . |
| 2 | BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen in Mogadishu were flown home to Pakistan as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days . ’ |
| 3 | Quacking and complaining , the ducks hopped back into the water and swam away . |
| 4 | To enable researchers to report back on the results of recently completed research in the Scottish courts to an invited audience comprising the various branches of the legal profession , policy makers concerned with the administration of justice , pressure group and voluntary organisations and to stimulate an informed discussion of key findings . |
| 5 | ‘ I need a few hours to report back to the office , then my time can be my own . |
| 6 | But you must you must have been asked dozens of times to go back into the pop concert field ? |
| 7 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 8 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 9 | New York Giants moved back into the play-off picture by beating Washington Redskins 24–7 . |
| 10 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 11 | I tucked the binoculars into the holdall again and without any sensible plans wandered back towards the dining car . |
| 12 | Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment . |
| 13 | Garry Whannel traced four main themes in the analysis of football hooliganism in the popular press in the 1970s : fans were ‘ mindless/senseless ’ ; they were ‘ maniacs/lunatics ’ ; ‘ foul/subhuman ’ ( which led some fans to chant back at the police and the respectable public ‘ We hate humans ’ ) ; finally that they were ‘ so-called supporters ’ and in a small minority , i.e. they made up only a very small percentage of the crowd and they had little interest in the game itself . |
| 14 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 15 | Cheeks dripping white , the kids walk back to the car , happy and contented . |
| 16 | Three sets of lights later , they came into the town centre , a wide boulevard that sloped up a hill with the shops and offices set back from the pavement . |
| 17 | The survey , of 587 accountancy firms ranging in size from sole practitioners to 20-partner firms , shows that many are taking positive steps to fight back against the recession . |
| 18 | She saw his hands relax , and the broad shoulders lean back in the chair . |
| 19 | She listened to the stories of small triumphs brought back from the dances . |
| 20 | The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry . |
| 21 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 22 | Their limbs hung all awry but round the neck of each was a thick , purple line , while the purple-red faces were contorted , swollen tongues held fast between ice-cold lips , eyes rolled back in the sockets . |
| 23 | The two brothers went back into the Guild Office , and Ebenezer began to gasp and splutter , telling his story as best he could : what Florrie had said to him about Tom 's letter and what Tom had threatened to do … . |
| 24 | It took me four to five months to get back to the weight I was before I was pregnant . |
| 25 | Glossy blue-black , heavily built , they twisted and turned in unison , deep croaks echoing back from the walls of the ravine . |
| 26 | ‘ Pilots are the most important factor in the treatment of an engine ’ , commented Tony , who has seen several powerplants come back to the care of his team long before they need have done , had they been handled correctly . |
| 27 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
| 28 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |
| 29 | Meredith 's eyes swept back to the island . |
| 30 | Many of the biggest cities dated back to the Tokugawa period . |