Example sentences of "[verb] back [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under an agreement signed on Sept. 24 Romania agreed to accept back all Romanians who were living illegally in Germany in return for DM30,000,000 in reintegration aid . |
| 2 | So how does Rabbit plan to attract back these users ? |
| 3 | They were given a sumptuous tea and invited back any time they felt like coming . |
| 4 | The tendency is for everyone in the team to touch the ball as it goes through and to shuffle back each time someone has completed their turn . |
| 5 | Early skiers reported back that powder coated the empty slopes and bookings flooded in to the tour operators . |
| 6 | Deputy hooker Ian Jeffery drafted in at blindside flanker typified the courageous tackling of the home team to avert a glut of scores by the visitors the County pack plying back enough possession to win a dozen games . |
| 7 | When Jim , of Ravenscliffe , West Yorks , went to the police station , officers told him to come back another day . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you want to come back another day , when the light 's better ? ’ |
| 9 | Do you want me to come back another time , I — ’ |
| 10 | After a small glass of Cyprus sherry , Greg took his leave , amid pressing invitations to come back any time in the future when he felt like a chat . |
| 11 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell him to come back this afternoon , or tomorrow — or next week … or something . |
| 13 | Want to make an appointment to come back this afternoon ? |
| 14 | This week IBM unveiled plans to shed another 10,000 employees — about 4.5 per cent of its US workforce — saving $1billion a year and it will buy back another $4billion-worth of its own shares . |
| 15 | Unit trusts must buy back any units investors wish to sell , at the prevailing price , and so investors can obtain liquidity at any time , although of course if instant liquidity is required the transaction may have to be carried out at unfavourable prices , and so units should be thought of as long term investments with a deposit account held at a bank or building society for liquid funds . |
| 16 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 17 | I would n't be surprised if we did n't pass you cos we went , we came back that way . |
| 18 | We were at at there , and I went with er with my father er on a Friday and we came back that night . |
| 19 | Thank goodness that I came back this morning . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He came back this morning but his journey was long . |
| 21 | I 've got the first batch came back this morning , so now I , I 've actually got the examples I can do it , it 's not , no problem . |
| 22 | He came back several times , quite convinced that only a little greater effort would supply him with the treat he had in mind . |
| 23 | One or two families came back several times , and we exchanged cards and news at Christmas . |
| 24 | When he came back several minutes later , he was still smiling . |
| 25 | Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities . |
| 26 | One traveller , Lisa Miller , is due to appear in court on charges of criminal trespass dating back several months . |
| 27 | The course was lengthened by pushing back some tees so as to comply with the Regulations on Handicapping , resulting in the Club having four recognised S.S. courses : White ( 70 ) , Yellow ( 69 ) , Green ( 68 ) and the L.G.U. Red ( 72 ) . |
| 28 | In some cases , on receipt of the seller 's acknowledgement the buyer will send back another acknowledgement . |
| 29 | She asks why women can not by the same token ‘ wrench back some wordpower ’ . |
| 30 | Cut back any plants around pond edges that are dying back , and compost them before they pollute the water . |