Example sentences of "[noun] back in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 2 | Fig 85 Maui Mayer from Hawaii performing a cut back in a World Cup wave riding event . |
| 3 | ‘ Yeah , well , just tell them they got two more days and then they get their boy back in a bag . |
| 4 | Rostov grinned , brought his sword back in a fancy two-handed reverse , bowed , then somersaulted exuberantly . |
| 5 | But do n't be tempted to force the foreskin back in an effort to stretch it — you might find that the tight band gets caught behind the head of the penis , impeding the blood flow and making the head of the penis swell alarmingly ( paraphimosis ) . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're not going to succumb , Bernard , ’ she would say if he made a move towards her , and she 'd toss her head back in a swift , moving , golden curtain . |
| 7 | Now the rather depressing side of football pools as you only get twenty eight pounds in the hundred pounds back in an overall figure . |
| 8 | Jenna changed into a soft woollen dress of dark blue and tied her hair back in a band . |
| 9 | That rebellion caused her to be half inclined to scrape her hair back in a ‘ schoolmarm ’ hairstyle , and to be wearing her heavy hornrimmed spectacles when His Lordship called . |
| 10 | An example of that would be if you bought a new pocket calculator and then find it wo n't work then the legal position is the shop have broken their contract with you , because they 've sold you a pocket calculator which is not of merchantable quality , and you should be entitled to money back in a case like that . |
| 11 | In a decision which surprised MPs and investors , the Trade Secretary , Mr Nicholas Ridley , told the Commons that the bulk of the 18,000 investors are to get nearly 90 per cent of their money back in an unprecedented state payout . |
| 12 | Please post loans back in a sound Jiffy bag to prevent damage . |
| 13 | We were fortunate to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4x4 Estate for our weekend trip , which , with its sure-footed permanent four-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 14 | We were fortunate enough to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4×4 Estate for our weekend trip which , with its sure-footed permanent 4-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 15 | He painted not the general , but the particular ; not the nude , but the naked , thus bringing sex back in an especially embarrassing way . |
| 16 | Do you have something to put the strength back in a poor old woman ? ’ |
| 17 | The second option is to hold children back in a younger class . |
| 18 | So perhaps God had turned the clock back in a very God-like way . |