Example sentences of "back [prep] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Japanese prints , which he collected avidly , helped distil their decorative beauty , their strict linearity is at times offset by whip-lash curves , as the line of the trees doubles back on itself at a bend in the river . |
| 2 | Electrical engineers will be reminded of the torque versus speed curve of an induction motor which exhibits an unstable and unmeasurable set of values as the curve turns back on itself at the pull-out torque . |
| 3 | A gentle push on the ‘ swing ’ handle of a Stanley folding door opens and closes it quietly and easily — and it will fold back on itself to just half its original size ! |
| 4 | Despite the lack of wind , over the past hour a swell had built beyond the reef — a strange , almost oily swell that rose in long humps only to collapse back on itself as if exhausted by the effort . |
| 5 | There was also a straight and direct access route by way of a corridor in the middle of the West Wing , whereas at Knossos there was a long and circuitous route by way of the Procession Corridor , which doubles back on itself before arriving at the southern end of the Central Court ; the Phaistos entrance seems closer in spirit to the more direct west-east access corridor of the Knossos First Temple . |