Example sentences of "back [conj] [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
2 | It was far safer to start a town off with a charter , a market and a fair , and a few other practical inducements to settlers , and then to sit back and hope for the best . |
3 | Winter is the time to lie back and sink into the great British bath . |
4 | ‘ I will lie back and think of the old circus days if you insist , ’ she said . |
5 | If I ought to pay a fair price for what I buy then I ought to come back and add to the agreed price . |
6 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |