Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This will help to redress the balance and bring them back to a positive situation . |
| 2 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 3 | It lay around the office for a day or two , until someone had time to open it and send it back with a brief note , giving the time and circumstances of Elsie 's death . |
| 4 | Since 1213 when King John tactically surrendered the kingdom to Pope Innocent III and received it back as a fief held of the papacy , the English crown had owed the pope an annual tribute of a thousand marks ( £666 6/ 8d ) . |
| 5 | The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " . |
| 6 | but do they really actually dig into the the real reasons for the eating disorders or they just try and get you back onto a stable diet ? |
| 7 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 8 | Like a small child being told by stern parent she picked up the drink and tossed it back at a gulp . |
| 9 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
| 10 | You can either walk , or we can freeze you where you stand and ship you back in a refrigerator . ’ |
| 11 | And set it back to a , to a Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four , which will be on the list . |