Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like you say , a couple of days off now and then , you seem to come back a little bit more fired up . |
| 2 | Even as you begin to draw back the snap punch , pick up your front foot and set it down diagonally forwards and outwards , using a thrusting action from the rear leg to cover ground . |
| 3 | Mushroom Bookshop and Airlift go back a long way , to the days when both of us attracted unwelcome police attention for some of our more esoteric wares . |
| 4 | We have to go back a little way to remember that in 1976 they presided over the most savage cuts ever imposed on the national health service . |
| 5 | In the end it was Mary who had to calm Martin down , reassure him and promise to come back the next day . |
| 6 | Chief Executive Hazel Dudgeon , fronting the course 's annual preview for the first time , said : ‘ We have got back the two evening meetings ( 15 and 29 July ) we lost last year and now have six of these on our 17-strong programme . |
| 7 | If Sid put £100 ( $175 ) into each of the big privatisations and sold his shares on the first day of trading — as many such investors did — he would ( before expenses ) have got back an extra 41% . |
| 8 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |
| 9 | This was a wonderful opportunity to continue to network European wide and the WASL representatives have brought back a good range of catalogues and information about new women artists groups for the archive . |
| 10 | The merchants and sailors have brought back the raw materials for the city 's industries . |
| 11 | Develop a thick skin , harden her heart , learn to bite back a stinging retort and invest in a good supply of patience ! |