Example sentences of "look back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year from now , in all likelihood , the world will look back on a merely disappointing year of little or no growth in Britain and America , of solid progress in Germany and Japan , of catastrophes skirted in the Gulf and the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | The British landed gentry can look back on a past filled with special glories due to the responsibilities of their rank . |
| 3 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 4 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 5 | From time to time he would look back with a certain pride at them . |
| 6 | We can look back to a similar situation hundreds of years ago — the taming of knights in the Middle Ages . |
| 7 | And you and I , perhaps , we can look back to a day in our life when it was our birthday , as far as that is concerned and God filled us with his Holy Spirit , we received the gift of the Holy Spirit , we were baptized in the Holy Spirit . |