Example sentences of "[vb pp] back by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 2 | The gravitational field of the singularity would be so strong that light could not escape from the region around it but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 3 | That is to say , an object fired vertically upward from the surface of the star with a velocity of less than a thousand kilometers per second would be dragged back by the gravitational field of the star and would return to the surface , whereas an object with a velocity greater than that would escape to infinity . |
| 4 | After that time any light emitted from the star would not be able to escape to infinity but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 5 | Thus if light can not escape , neither can anything else ; everything is dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 6 | Russians made repeated attempts to break through the encircling enemy — only and always to be driven back by the murderous fire of Francois 's 1st Corps , which barred the line of retreat along the route by which they had earlier advanced . |
| 7 | Staff tried to put the fire out themselves , but were soon driven back by the intense heat and thick smoke given off from burning tyres . |
| 8 | While they were being pinned back by the Old Course , one man was able to deliver the coup-de-grâce to St Andrews with a birdie finish , gently cajoled by an American renowned for catching golf balls in a baseball glove . |
| 9 | Every now and again rust pimples up , metallic lichen destined only to be beaten back by the lavish care and attention administered by Grant . |
| 10 | Three police officers who tried to save the children were beaten back by the intense heat and smoke . |
| 11 | Police and troops made an attempt to recapture Red House on July 29 , but were ordered back by the Prime Minister who , along with several other hostages , had been wired with explosive charges . |
| 12 | Two of the government 's most important objectives are to reduce the proportion of the nation 's wealth consumed by the public sector and to reduce the extent to which individuals are held back by the public sector … |