Example sentences of "[vb base] back [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tone of the festivities was set by Göring 's public eulogy , stating : ‘ We … look back to an unbroken chain of glorious victories such as only one man could attain in a single year of his life , one who is not only a statesman and military commander , but at the same time also Leader and man of the people : our Führer … ’ |
| 2 | Horns go back to an older world where surrenders were not accepted , to the dead defiant Roland rather than the brave , polite , compromise-creating Sir Gawain , whose dinner is served to ‘ nwe nakryn noyse ’ — the sound of chivalric kettledrums . |
| 3 | You 'd bloody like to go on holiday to America and they come back with an American accent I could shoot people who do that . |
| 4 | He thus seems to go too far initially , and then shrink back to an anodyne conclusion . |
| 5 | When cutting , err on the large size , then pare back for an accurate fit , leaving the new timber about 3mm proud of the rest of the sill |