Example sentences of "[verb] back [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iris Murdoch 's war-time communism had given place , well before her first novel ever appeared , to an interest in Sartre 's Existentialism : a natural stepping-stone , in the 1940s , along a well-trodden path that leads out of the simplifying preconceptions of Marxism ; and though earlier partisan interests flickered back half into life in the 1960s , during the Vietnam war , she had already abandoned Marx , and publicly , before the 1950s were out . |
| 2 | There was no hope for United after that but they battled on … and at least won back some of their lost pride with a goal from sub Paul Wanless … |
| 3 | Run by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ( DVLA ) in conjunction with the police , the campaign aims to rake back some of the estimated £115 million a year lost from evasion of vehicle excise duty . |
| 4 | It is possible , Independence said , that NCR could buy back some of the ports to sell to its own customers . |
| 5 | He could bring back those of your possessions you will need for the rest of the voyage . ’ |
| 6 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems Inc , which two months ago was hiring back some of its old lieutenants , has up and laid off all its vice-presidents and managers except for its engineering chief , and will close down all but its Russian and its headquarters operations , Unigram reports . |
| 7 | Pick Systems Inc , which two months ago was hiring back some of its old lieutenants ( UX No 420 ) , has up and laid off all its vice presidents and managers except its engineering chief reportedly without notice or severance and will close down all but its Russian and headquarters operations . |
| 8 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 9 | Instead , I cut back some of the more boisterous forest plants in my garden . |
| 10 | Yusuf 's forces returned in strength and began to win back many of the states so recently conquered by Alfonso and by El Cid in their separate campaigns . |
| 11 | In non-metropolitan England , the nine largest former county boroughs , all with populations above 200,000 , began ‘ a campaign within two months of the new authorities taking over , to win back some of the powers they had lost to the counties ’ ( Alexander 1982b:64 ) . |
| 12 | This could make one gram of tritium in half a day and as a byproduct give back some of the electrical power — one megawatt — from the fusion processes involved . |
| 13 | Archaeologists have established that Jericho can claim to be one of the very oldest cities in the world , with a history going back all of ten thousand years . |
| 14 | We 're going back half past four alright ? |
| 15 | His son has been able to buy back some of these volumes and his own collection on this subject now numbers around 8,000 volumes . |
| 16 | He even offered to continue to supply arms — thought at this time the new regime was trying to get the United States to buy back some of the more expensive equipment that the Shah had purchased . |
| 17 | Zemek was alleged to have used funds held by Polish companies abroad to buy back some of Poland 's commercial debt on the secondary market where it traded at a fraction of face value . |
| 18 | The director of the Chester Beatty , Dr Michael Ryan has stated that there is no question of the library buying back any of the outstanding material . |
| 19 | Since I did love my father and regretted that our busy lives had separated us , the chance to look after him , to give back some of the love he had given me , was in many ways terrifically satisfying . |
| 20 | Sir Anthony Barrowclough 's report could , indeed , be viewed in those terms and holding back some of the more sensitive parts would be consistent with the Serious Fraud Office 's efforts to restrain some of the most recent civil court hearings on the affair . |
| 21 | Similarly , it becomes necessary to read back some of the concerns of the later 1970s about levels of spending into the reports which fed into the 1972 legislation ( for example , p. 243 ) . |
| 22 | But with the interest bill now well over £600m a year , it is surely now getting to the stage where there is some doubt whether revenue will be sufficient to cover running costs and pay back some of the monumental debt . |
| 23 | For a brief moment in 1985 the Jesus and Mary Chain were ‘ the new Sex Pistols ’ , whipping up a moral panic with their name , their rowdy feedback drenched music and their sullen behaviour , and recently they grabbed back some of that bad-boy reputation with the Top of the Pops banned top 10 hit Reverence . |
| 24 | If a deal goes ahead , the debtor gets more money , or owes less debt ; it can pay back more of every remaining unit of debt than before the deal . |
| 25 | and then it used to turn back half past four in morning |
| 26 | For the filling , coarsely grate the cheeses , add the flour and baking powder , then gradually stir in the mint and beaten eggs until you have a stiffish paste ( keep back some of the beaten egg if the mixture becomes too runny ) . |
| 27 | Keep back some of the remaining white fondant ( about 75g/3oz ) and colour the rest with black food colouring . |
| 28 | Properties and insurances gave back some of the sharp gains of the past two weeks , but building stocks were supported . |
| 29 | Having said that , lately I 've heard him and he 's trying to get back some of his fire , but the originals , the ‘ Disraeli Gears ’ album and the Bluesbreakers … he does n't come close to the fire that 's on those songs any more . |
| 30 | We 're just putting back some of the blood you lost . |