Example sentences of "[verb] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A German farmer would ‘ sell out ’ to a Polish farmer who would then sell the land to the Commission ; the original farmer would then buy back the property . |
| 32 | It 's not unknown to eventually track back the source of rumour and confusion to events at ‘ Grange Hill ’ . |
| 33 | I 'll be very , very brief erm we can not fall back the control of the country which even the highest rate of recycling that a number of them have already achieved the Government recycling target so now you 've aimed er , I think it 's something rich it more or less stands for er , I would see the role of the County is essentially is co-ordination between the various waste collection authorities through to the greater of the extense of |
| 34 | ‘ Millie ! ’ he called , knocking back the drink himself . |
| 35 | hard men knocking back the brandy , each of us |
| 36 | Eureka Oxterguff , na hauff , see the Majestic , the smella lacquer in the lavvys wid 've knocked you miroc amok never mind knocking back the quarter bottle . |
| 37 | He got up and wandered back the way we 'd come . |
| 38 | After reassessing the situation , however , the Brigade Commander decided to pull back the battlegroup and move it into temporary hides . |
| 39 | The axe kick 1 : begin to pull back the leg . |
| 40 | ‘ It 's a double-action revolver , which means you have to pull back the hammer to cock it before firing . ’ |
| 41 | In all these cases the treatment is simple : put back the skin fats by the liberal use of moisturising creams . |
| 42 | As part of the eventual closedown , deal workers demanded the protestors put back the wood they 'd moved . |
| 43 | Slowly I put back the receiver and climbed upstairs . |
| 44 | On the flight down to Nanking , Tolonen played back the recording , the words sounding clearly in his head . |
| 45 | Not looking back the way they had come , because she could not bear to watch Joe . |
| 46 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 47 | One or two pigments did stain the fibres somewhat , but they still held their translucence , and I suppose that a wash in warm soapy water would bring back the whiteness . |
| 48 | If they did n't bring back the amount of money he 'd told them to , he beat them with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ It 's been hard going for us all in the League , but hopefully this result will help bring back the confidence . ’ |
| 50 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |
| 51 | Cos you remember we came round , we came back the night before the traction engine rally cos I did n't have time to get organized . |
| 52 | From a thousand voices came back the response : ‘ He is risen indeed , Alleluia ! ’ |
| 53 | ‘ S'great ! ’ came back the response from King 's Reach Tower . |
| 54 | Hot , bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street . |
| 55 | The watchman went to tell the local Chief and when he came back the body was gone . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Do n't be so silly , ’ came back the answer on the crest of a belch . |
| 57 | ‘ Si , Señor , ’ came back the answer . |
| 58 | ‘ There 's no eventually about it , ’ came back the answer with the speed of a striking snake . |
| 59 | ‘ Who goes there ? ’ came back the riposte . |
| 60 | ‘ I can only ‘ ope so , lad , for your sake , ’ came back the corporal 's reply . |