Example sentences of "he [verb] back on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But neither does he fall back on the traditional liberal solution of improving educational provision , since he has no illusions about the difficulties of inculcating the civic virtues necessary for proper development . |
| 2 | Well erm he came back on the twenty fourth , no , never mind that we we 've been to-ing and fro-ing have Asian Associates and I and |
| 3 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he went back on the twenty-third of April 1950 . |
| 5 | He went back on the last-minute promise to them to delay the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 6 | When he was told that what he had said was all very well but a bit negative , he fell back on the 13 wasted years that he has been in opposition . |
| 7 | She released him and he fell back on the crumpled bedclothes to stare up at her at first blankly . |
| 8 | He falls back on the popular device for explaining why the working class fail to live up to what is expected of them — they are reduced to mindless automatons , responding only to right-wing media messages . |
| 9 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 10 | He looked back on the last ten days , reflecting on the events which had brought him to where he now was . |
| 11 | He leaned back on the padded headboard and smiled at Shelley . |
| 12 | He chopped back on the right engine , closed it down . |
| 13 | It filled his his truck up so he said when he comes back on the next delivery he 'll take all the turf away for fifteen quid . |