Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [pers pn] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 2 | There is something free , reckless , vaguely counter-cultural about it ; it ignores the voice of prudence and takes us back to the days of our youth when we defied authority by taking it up . |
| 3 | Jacob 's demand for a blessing is only what we would expect , and yet it prepares us for the turning point in the story , which follows immediately afterwards , and takes us back into the clearer air of the larger narrative . |
| 4 | Leasing is a system whereby a financial institution purchases a piece of equipment and leases it back to the company , which then has the use of equipment it has not had to purchase . |
| 5 | Ormanroyd and he 's got round Laws and pulls it back into the danger area but the cross defended well . |
| 6 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |
| 7 | Once the replacement arrives , the customer puts the non-working product into the post-paid replacement box , seals it with the tape provided by Hewlett-Packard and sends it back to the company . |
| 8 | On shore , she rubs her down with the exotically striped blanket , waits until she stirs again , and helps her back into the clothes . |
| 9 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Westminster , North characteristically set the record straight about manpower allocations in the police force and about the critical role of Her Majesty 's chief inspector of constabulary in objectively advising the Home Secretary on correct force levels and on the identification of posts suitable for civilianisation — for that releases policemen and women from desk jobs and puts them back on the beat , which is what the right hon. and learned Member for Warley , West wants . |
| 11 | because it takes nitrogen from the air and puts it back into the soil |
| 12 | sure , th th th that is your other option is , is that you go for a m a much more equal policy and the , the government takes money in taxation and puts it back into the , the agricultural sector . |
| 13 | Now , the common understanding of this is that , they 're Christians , these are those who are followers of Jesus , they 're the Christians , and Jesus comes and er , ee er , there 's the little , there 's the one who is wandering away , who 's a stray and Jesus goes after them and brings them back into the fold and so on . |
| 14 | The mother wasp goes out of her burrow , catches and kills a bee ( by stinging ) , and brings it back to the burrow . |