Example sentences of "back [prep] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagine it perhaps starting as one , and then escalating , as Serafin waits , smiling eagerly at her pupil , and Summerchild hunts back through his life for the required circumstances , covering his retreat with bursts of fire as he goes . |
| 2 | While writing this book , I slipped back into my martyr for a couple of weeks . |
| 3 | He had been back from his travels for a while , staying first in London then at Lochgair , while he tried to work out what to do with his life . |
| 4 | It was now five twenty-five and he rubbed a hand over his unshaven face as he hung up and leaned back in his chair for a moment until the call from Pontino should come through . |
| 5 | Minter leaned back in his chair for a moment , regarding Harry as if he were a specimen of endangered wildlife . |
| 6 | He reached back over his shoulder for the money . |
| 7 | The families we who 've used our arts centres in other parts of the country have been influenced erm not just by the quality of art work on display , but also by the fact they can get decent beer and erm good , cheap food erm and the children and the other parts of the family have got plenty of other activities to take an interest in and I think it would need the university to think seriously about developing the social side of the Gardener Centre in those terms , and that 's why it was deeply disappointing to find the university pulling back on their subsidy for the Gardener Centre as that really ca n't help anybody find the most appropriate role for the building . |
| 8 | The storm of objections seems in have set Reagan 's science policymakers back on their heels for the moment . |
| 9 | The dealing manager yelled at his dealers : " We need … shares back on our books for an American buyer . |
| 10 | One should always bear in mind that he never went back on his sympathy for the early stages of the Revolution , and his statement in 1821 , at the height of his Toryism , when he was accused of deserting France , has its own indestructible logic : ‘ You have been deluded by places and persons , while I have stuck to principles . |
| 11 | If everything continued to go like this , there was a fair chance that he 'd have the village back on his side for the rest of the summer . |
| 12 | Sammy was presently delivering one of our Nautor Swans to its Massachusetts owner ; many of the charter yachts were privately owned and only leased into Cutwater 's care on condition that we delivered them back to their owners for the northern summer . |
| 13 | ‘ Then we got ourselves into a winning position only for carelessness to force us to go back to their place for a replay . ’ |
| 14 | NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election . |
| 15 | The battle-scarred veteran , Sea Rover , was eventually sold back to her owners for a relatively nominal sum , and sailed back to Holland to fight another day . |
| 16 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 17 | She 'd thought about going back to her room for a while , maybe find out from Josie what she 'd been caught up in the night before , but it would take her more than half an hour to walk . |
| 18 | One of my friends was at Sherborne and speaks very posh — I took him back to my place for a drink one day and my dad was going , ‘ Dennis , listen to Tim , listen — go on , talk , say something ’ and my friend says , ‘ Well I do n't know what to say really , Mr Waterman , ’ and my dad says to me , ‘ Why do n't you talk like that , you could make a fortune . ’ |
| 19 | If not , come back to my place for a drink . |
| 20 | He was dead before he could get back to his car for the antidote . ’ |
| 21 | Sister Marcus has finally been able to persuade him to go back to his club for a short rest . ’ |