Example sentences of "[pron] back the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean what it needs it that random pixel degradation across the page to give you back the letterpress look . |
| 2 | I , I 've bought you back the whip and I 'm just about to start the other one , so hang on to it at the moment , cos I do n't like too many books around that I 've borrowed , I 've got two . |
| 3 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 4 | and what it is the box is stood there and then you back the motor under it and then you drop it onto the body and it folds |
| 5 | gives you back the number you started with . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's going to pay you back the loan at the end of the week . ’ |
| 7 | They had to wait 20 minutes for a train to take them back the way they 'd just come from , then hire cabs to return to the Five Ways area . |
| 8 | we 'll just send them back the problem and send fully stamped |
| 9 | He said yeah so he said lend us your keys a minute give them back the keys , and he says and you 're finished ! |
| 10 | Go bring me back the drink and get me a Coke . |
| 11 | That attracted Pompey , and Whittingham explained : ‘ I decided to buy myself out for £450 and take the plunge — I 'm glad to say Portsmouth did pay me back the money — and I 've never really looked back . |
| 12 | It is n't the money because the insurance company pay me back the money |
| 13 | ‘ Give me back the gun , ’ he said tightly . |
| 14 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
| 15 | He handed me back the key , thanked me , picked up his grip and left . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , reasonably so , I suppose , but after the meal , not after he gave me back the hat . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know how to thank you , ’ she said , giving him back the blanket . |
| 18 | ‘ Easy now , ’ he said , handing him back the pencil . |
| 19 | Send him back the books and the money — he 'll think I stole them ! ’ |
| 20 | I stole the father and gave Him back the son ! ’ |
| 21 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 22 | Folly found herself curiously reluctant to look up , as if by meeting his eye she might give him back the power he held over her . |
| 23 | I glance into my glass and hand her back the J ; her eyes close as she draws on it and I put my lips to my glass , slipping that sucked-on sliver of ice into my own mouth and rolling it around there , pretending it 's her tongue . |
| 24 | The landlord then relented in part and gave her back the keys to the bedsit . |
| 25 | Luke might not , but Folly did , and the memory gave her back the edge of anger . |
| 26 | Jeremy murmurs sympathetically and hands her back the joint . |
| 27 | I remember once thinking my mother was stark raving bonkers as she regaled me with a tale of the time she scrimped for six months to buy a pair of elbow length , white kid evening gloves , which set her back the equivalent of two weeks ' wages . |
| 28 | Turning her round , he began propelling her back the way she 'd come . |
| 29 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 30 | He put his hand in his pocket , then handed her back the sovereign , saying , ‘ She 's gone . |