Example sentences of "[noun] back [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BBC spokesman confirmed her departure , but the way may be left clear for Mrs Hewitt to return to Walford and put a spring back in henpecked Arthur 's step . |
| 2 | By now , the essential bloodline of the new novel has been tolerably well-advertised , and it shows Mailer back on combative form . |
| 3 | It was only then that he became aware of the stench of fetid breath as the figure drew its lips back over yellowing teeth to snarl at him again ; only then that he saw raging , bloodshot eyes glaring out at him from the hair covered face . |
| 4 | United fighting back with surprising spirit , but in the twenty fourth minute , really they thought their chances had gone , and there was a mistake by United skipper , Steve Foster . |
| 5 | It must be possible to trace these characteristics back to individual properties , and say with confidence that these are what explain them . |
| 6 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 7 | Colourful houses are on every side , with frescoes celebrating heroes of long ago and episodes that are remembered from centuries back in Swiss history . |
| 8 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 9 | We abandon the support of formal steps that move us out of that grief back into loving life . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 11 | Water authority prospectuses will carry a ‘ health warning ’ about the Opposition 's stated intention of bringing the industry back into public ownership . |
| 12 | The part has an enlarged on-chip primary write-back cache rather than the write-through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . |
| 13 | You can then plan the small , easy , enjoyable steps back to good physical shape . |
| 14 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST duo Gary Charles and Terry Wilson today take their first steps back from lengthy injuries . |
| 15 | Vologsky adjusted himself in his flight couch , flexing his fingers before he gripped the control yoke again and prepared to switch the aircraft back to manual control . |
| 16 | The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town . |
| 17 | In the Daily Telegraph , Hilary Spurling wrote : ‘ Large parts of this leisurely , absorbing , painstakingly researched and deeply disconcerting book are devoted to turning Freya 's lustrous pearls back into shabby undistinguished grit . |
| 18 | WEST COUNTRY Class locomotive 34039 ‘ Boscastle ’ on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough , is nearing completion after a near twenty-year restoration programme back into full working order . |
| 19 | Remedial step : Mick Newell got Blackburn Rovers back to winning ways with two goals against Chelsea yesterday |
| 20 | Analysis of contractor 's cash flow projections and their discounting back to current prices may reveal that what appears to be the cheapest tender is not in fact so , or that it would exceed the client 's budget at certain times . |
| 21 | Translating the metaphor back to electronic information , low band width means that the substantial volumes of data needed to represent image information can not easily be delivered to the remote terminals . |
| 22 | With sufficient ingenuity , an analyst can therefore trace any reported dream back to certain themes which he or she believes are preoccupying the dreamer . |
| 23 | Luce moved restlessly and thumped her pillow , her doubts and uncertainties back in full force ; and all because she 'd met a man who had captured her interest and set her imagination winging . |
| 24 | But whereas Futurism had been to a large extent aimed at and against Paris and Parisian painting , the Germans were content to remain on the receiving end of things and their work , in the pre-war years at least , had little or no influence back on French art . |
| 25 | I very much hope that we will soon move forward to see permanence units which employ staff equally for their ability to work at getting a child back with natural families as for their skills in working with substitute new families . |
| 26 | Most of Yugoslavia 's main cities can trace their origins back to Roman foundation or , where earlier settlements can be identified , to a revival of activity in Roman times . |
| 27 | It springs from an understanding of the fact that Jesus came to bring men and women in revolt and in slavery back into intimate loving friendship with God . |
| 28 | Since its first reported large-scale synthesis back in early 1990 , larger ‘ buckyballs ’ , as the ; y have been inelegantly christened , keep cropping up . |
| 29 | Every change of scene , every sudden shock , had threatened to plunge Elaine back into catatonic silence . |
| 30 | ‘ When it 's really flaming away and it 's the wood burning and not the Paraffin , then you put the lid back on loose , It may be that you 've over-filled , which is fine . |