Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Economist ’ , in March ‘ 78 , doubted whether Thatcher could ‘ forge a new majority of the right ’ and reckoned that her ‘ crusade to balance the books and roll back the government ’ was not finding much popular resonance . |
| 2 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 3 | Thinking that it was heavier than it looked , he undid the straps and buckles and threw back the flap . |
| 4 | Has he also noted the Labour party 's policy proposal to reverse the decision of the parents and to claw back the education funds concerned to a centralised bureaucracy ? |
| 5 | Stuff the jacuzzi and send back the limo — Bivouac just wan na plod ! |
| 6 | Then he changed two fifty-pound notes and paid back the money that he owed . |
| 7 | On trips into London after we 'd finally moved to Wales , I would raid skips and bring back the booty on the car roof-rack . |
| 8 | The days of mad spending are gone and exhibitors are looking to cover their costs and pay back the bank as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 10 | From the interior of the camp , warders pitched through the crowd with the aid of weighted staves and forced back the crush around the prone body . |
| 11 | He was forced into exile in the mid-70s , after the military government started a wholesale repression of the Indians by attacking their leaders and seizing back the land that they had struggled hard to reclaim under the previous regime . |
| 12 | He undid the three locks and swung back the lid . |
| 13 | Mandeville undid the clasps and pulled back the leather cover . |