Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin fought back the inevitable question . |
| 2 | When Blyth came back the next year he was even more unpleasant than before , having lost his left leg from above the knee in a road accident ( the boy he was playing'chicken ’ with was killed ) . |
| 3 | The sooner DOL gets back the better IMO . |
| 4 | ANDY pulled back the spring-loaded handle of the machine and released it with a thump . |
| 5 | Macnab brought back a favourable reply from Berlin on 21 August . |
| 6 | Patrick Kelly and Frederick Flowers went back a long way . |
| 7 | Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner . |
| 8 | Erm it , it did sort of get going but I felt that Maggie held back a little bit on that whereas you , you might have got er you know a bit , a bit more information with open questions . |
| 9 | The Right-Ons fired back the unanswerable reply that meetings belonged to those who attended them . |
| 10 | There was an overwhelming stench of stale urine and sweat from inside the freight car but Graham swallowed back the rising bile in his throat and eased the door open further to see what else it might contain . |
| 11 | Carrie bit back a sharp reply and instead she leaned forward across the littered table . |
| 12 | He believed that a generous gesture by Israel to accept back a large number might break the impasse , and generate an atmosphere conducive to an overall settlement . |
| 13 | Di handed back the leased supercar recently following continuing pressure for her to drive a British model . |
| 14 | Bernice and Defries stepped back a few paces , to where Daak 's shrieking chainsword was slicing a hole in the curved wall . |
| 15 | He raised a mocking dark brow as he sat back in his seat and crossed one long leg over the other , and Fran bit back a sudden urge to snap an answer at him . |
| 16 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 17 | As they paddled in silence , Delaney bit back the rising ache in his throat . |
| 18 | Catherine bit back a cutting remark about Violet . |
| 19 | Claudia caught back the angry words she wanted to hurl at him . |
| 20 | Emily shook back a stray curl of hair and held herself upright , she must stop feeling sorry for herself . |
| 21 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 22 | Suddenly the pressure was off Mr Kaifu to take back the tainted men . |
| 23 | Alexandra bit back the unpleasant retort which rose to her lips . |
| 24 | Determined not to play into his hands , Luce bit back the curious questions , and simply waited . |
| 25 | Chapman came back the next year , he said , because he had more time , not because the finances were in a muddle . |
| 26 | Conservative Ministers were , then , no more able than Gaitskell to hold back the rising tide of demand for electricity , which , if the system were not to break down and new connections to be refused , the Boards had to follow up with new investment . |
| 27 | Remembering his determined departure the previous evening , Robbie bit back a sharp retort . |
| 28 | The agreement by Italy to take back the toxic waste on board the Italian ship , the Karin B [ see p. 36788 ] , was followed on Dec. 15 , 1988 , by a decision by the city council of La Spezia , Italy , to accept the return of 8,000 barrels of Italian industrial waste , which had been found in a dump north of Beirut , the Lebanese capital , in June 1988 [ see p. 36251 ] . |
| 29 | Sharp was very excited , and asked Kimber to come back the next day to play the tunes , while he wrote them down . |
| 30 | When Barry and Morna sent off their first £10 ActionAid sent back a personal file on Baindu , and her community , plus a photograph . |