Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary . |
| 2 | If the full amount is not spent , then the employee pays back the difference . |
| 3 | Chettle wins back the header but it 's gone straight to Whitlow Thomson takes over and why not the way he 's played . |
| 4 | A similar horror sends back the chorus far from their supposedly civilized city into a desert past where April would be again the cruellest month , as they pray ‘ let the spring not come . |
| 5 | Hi-tech hiccup turns back the clock |
| 6 | The Hand That Rocks The Cradle sets back the cause of nannies by 50 years — but boy , what a film . |
| 7 | Usually the shop sells the goods , a finance company pays the shop , and the buyer pays back the finance house , usually in month instalments up to two-and-a-half years ; interest rate fixed at start . |
| 8 | The defence infused a breathless energy into every move ; they bustled the northern cracks into comparative impotence ; they beat back this magnificent fighting line which has been the terror of a dozen clubs as a break-water hurls back the lashing waves . |
| 9 | DIVISION PUSHES BACK THE FRONTIERS WITH PROVISION 100 VIRTUAL REALITY STATION |
| 10 | When my date comes back the credits are rolling on the first film . |
| 11 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 12 | As for the second one your use of rhyme pushes back the frontiers of english literature . |