Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] back a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling the girl 's eyes on her , Lisa fought back a blush . |
| 2 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 3 | David must be the best company manager in the business , and our friendship goes back a decade or more . |
| 4 | Bernice fought back a wave of panic . |
| 5 | Hari shook back a strand of hair that had fallen from the pins . |
| 6 | Many wives did not know what their husbands earned — as many as one-third of those surveyed in Middlesbrough in 1907 — and the vast majority of husbands kept back a proportion of their income for their own use . |
| 7 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 8 | Macnab brought back a favourable reply from Berlin on 21 August . |
| 9 | Patrick Kelly and Frederick Flowers went back a long way . |
| 10 | She danced away to her bedroom to dance back a minute later : " I was n't going to tell you , but I will . " |
| 11 | Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner . |
| 12 | Ronni fought back a blush . |
| 13 | He leaned closer towards her , his elbows resting on his thighs , causing Ronni to flatten back a little defensively in her seat . |
| 14 | Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ? |
| 15 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 16 | The Princesse was already shaking hands with him and Katherine held back a little . |
| 17 | Erm it , it did sort of get going but I felt that Maggie held back a little bit on that whereas you , you might have got er you know a bit , a bit more information with open questions . |
| 18 | Two traffic lights further on Miss Ellis handed back a towelette . |
| 19 | ‘ Ringwood 's history with dogs goes back a bit further . |
| 20 | The mouse chokes back a sob of gratitude . |
| 21 | My confidence came back a lot towards the end of the season . |
| 22 | Aycliffe bit back a laugh . |
| 23 | Carrie bit back a sharp reply and instead she leaned forward across the littered table . |
| 24 | She watched curiously as Rory rolled back a piece of carpet six feet away and pulled out an iron key . |
| 25 | He closed his eyes and smelt the meadowy air , the scents of mown grass and wildflowers brought back a flood of happy childhood memories . |
| 26 | About four weeks ago I visited Mourneview Park to witness my team pull back a one goal deficit and win 2–1 . |
| 27 | Have you seen how the king of the jungle behaves when the missus brings back a nice bit of venison ? |
| 28 | Kirov stepped back a pace , and in one swift movement delivered a vicious chop to the back of the photographer 's neck . |
| 29 | The literature on the professions goes back a long way , but seems to have reached a peak in the 1960s and 1970s ( see , for example , Etzioni 1969 ; Jackson 1970 ) , perhaps because the professions were at an apogee of esteem at that point , before the attacks of Illich ( 1977 ) and others who , like Shaw many years before , accused them of establishing a ‘ radical monopoly ’ in the name of meeting people 's ‘ needs ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ That — that our relationship goes back a long way , of course . ’ |