Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The erotic implications of the subject , the motif of the figure holding back the curtain and the very prominent position of the still lifes , call to mind such works by Cézanne as l'Eternel Féminin , the various Temptations of St. Anthony and the Après-Midi à Naples . |
| 2 | Within two hours , a representative from Harbottle and Lewis , the lawyers retained by Branson , was at the High Court in London getting an injunction to stop Chemical handing back the plane to Boeing . |
| 3 | A signal occasion … the steam train turning back the clock . |
| 4 | She sounded half alarmed , half excited , and within seconds Tom was beside the bed pulling back the sheets . |
| 5 | I passed an old man cutting back the undergrowth with a rusty scythe . |
| 6 | The containment of public spending has won out over local choice ; reducing the state in this area has meant central government rolling back the local state . |
| 7 | She was woken in the early hours by a hand pulling back the bedclothes , and a cold body plonking down beside her . |
| 8 | Brewery bosses say that every British couple bringing back the new full drink and tobacco allowance would save almost £1,000 in import duty . |
| 9 | Clad in the black combat suit with the gold and scarlet dragon motif emblazoned on its back , he too was barefoot and armed with a fearsome looking katana , its razor sharp blade reflecting back the bright overhead lighting . |
| 10 | In 1790 , a cartoon in praise of the French Revolution and the Fail of the Bastille , depicts Liberty handing back the crown to Louis XVI with the words ‘ Receive from Liberty your crown again' ( see Hill , 1965 : 42 ) . |