Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surgeons tried in vain to sew it back on . |
| 2 | Her legs seemed too weak to carry her back upstairs to the sanctuary of her turret room . |
| 3 | Hodkinson 's promoter , Barney Eastwood , revealed : ‘ French TV loved Paul so much they are willing to have him back before Christmas and fight an opponent of his own choosing . ’ |
| 4 | " You mean , he 'd be willing to take me back , afterwards ? " |
| 5 | Finally it must be remembered that , at this stage , the majority of the Cossacks still had no inkling of the preparations that were being made by the British to hand them back . |
| 6 | If he treats his son truly as God 's , more God 's son than his own , and is prepared to hand him back , then God 's new era will surely dawn , and Abraham can give it a fitting name : 'The Lord provides ! ’ |
| 7 | " But I have no wish to bring dishonour on you or your family , and am quite prepared to hand him back to you and forget about the whole matter — on one condition. ; |
| 8 | They were very popular patients and everyone is delighted to see them back . |
| 9 | By this time he was writing rather apologetically to Constanze , telling her that she must be more delighted to see him back in person than with any money he would be bringing in — he had even been obliged to lend his impecunious patron Prince Lichnowsky 100 gulden , a request he could hardly refuse … . |
| 10 | The new mothers were ravenous and it was easy to coax them back into the house . |
| 11 | But he knew it was more likely that alien golden eagles would have taken it over and it might not be easy to win it back for his own . |
| 12 | She became so tame it was impossible to release her back into the wild . |
| 13 | It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good . |
| 14 | Kingsley Black on the counter attack Rozario slipped I think fortunate to get it back and finds Black in a good position . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 16 | Remember , it is always possible to put more groundbait into the water , but impossible to take it back out ! |
| 17 | ‘ On the face of it , the Government appears to be putting more money into education through higher pay for teachers , but in reality looks set to claw it back by making education authorities find that cash from within their existing budgets . ’ |
| 18 | It would hardly have been consistent to bring it back now . |
| 19 | ‘ I overslept and f-forgot to pin it back in my rush , ’ she told him openly . |
| 20 | ‘ I know you 're glad to see me back , ’ said Thorfinn . |
| 21 | I 'm glad to see him back . |
| 22 | She was supposed to phone her back Tuesday , that 's what his wife said . |
| 23 | The injury w£flared up again at the end of the year , but at least gave him a brief respite to demonstrate that being 40 was not a barrier likely to hold him back . |
| 24 | They are very heavily booked so we are lucky to have them back here . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm just glad to have him back . |
| 26 | But manager Bobby Gould insisted : ‘ Stewart is such an inspiration to the rest of the side and we 're glad to have him back . ’ |
| 27 | Its atmosphere welcomed them , as though glad to have them back . |
| 28 | Whether he was secretly glad to have her back , and perhaps even had some foolish idea that she might be back to stay , I ca n't say . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm just glad to have you back safe and sound . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It would probably take three years to prepare a new wicket of first-class standard and once you have lost a county fixture , it 's hard to get it back , ’ he said . |