Example sentences of "[noun sg] back [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only made sense to put tea back a bit . |
| 2 | Anyway then I said are they interested in this quiz night , and she says I have n't go she says she 'd ask Jan , I said well give me a ring back a bit later . |
| 3 | Roll a D6 and move the template back the number of inches indicated . |
| 4 | A good idea that the council back the carnival . |
| 5 | In one sense , the association of parental care and mating system transfers the question back a stage ; for why do some species have biparental , others maternal care ? |
| 6 | There was no sign of the Transit , so I hung a right back the way I 'd come . |
| 7 | While the anti-modernist purge put this process back a generation , it could not stop it re-emerging , especially in the most advanced areas of Catholic culture in northern Europe . |
| 8 | He was aware of Slater drawing in a breath and putting his head back the way he always did when he was rolling his eyes , but before Slater could say anything , Graham quickly nodded , switched his glass to the other hand , and took the woman 's small hand in his , shaking it formally . |
| 9 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |
| 10 | The next stage as soon as you find time is to sit down with your language helper and play the text back a phrase at a time in order to transcribe it . |
| 11 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're probably going to set the taxpayer back a couple of million , unless these things are made of plate steel . ’ |
| 13 | Blanche pushed her chair back a couple of paces . |
| 14 | I emphasise that the Assembly of Welsh Counties , the Council of Welsh Districts and the Audit Commission back the restoration of local control over the business rate . |
| 15 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 16 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 17 | She pulled the door back a foot or so then slammed it forward , catching him between the heavy wooden door and the frame . |
| 18 | But Birmingham wo n't be asked to hand back the money . |
| 19 | ‘ Once , she came to hand back the keys to the caravan cupboard , ’ Jean says . |
| 20 | Their names will be in Japanese history books if they can persuade the Soviet leader to hand back the islands . |
| 21 | Tolstoy has assumed , in The Minister and the Massacres and elsewhere , that the BGS who originate the signal was Brig Low ( now Lord Aldington ) , and ha used the phrase " verbal directive from Macmillan to Corps Command as important evidence to support his theory that at the 13 May meeting Macmillan had " initiated " moves to hand back the Cossacks , and had in effect used his political authority to " direct " 5 Corps to this end . |
| 22 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
| 23 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 24 | And as that line emitted from the speakers , several thousand Levi-clad youths walked towards their bedroom Dansettes in a state of disbelief , flipping the needle back a quarter of an inch , in order to catch the line for a second time . |
| 25 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 26 | I wonder if something like that would help me win back the hand of my loved one ? … probably not ) . |
| 27 | Elisabeth was torn between retreating at once , following the path back the way she had come , or continuing as far as the colonnade to look through the windows into the music room . |
| 28 | He waited until the coastguard officer had got well ahead , than followed him along the path back the way they had come . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's making it all up , ’ said Joe , ‘ but she ca n't help it , she 's had no family life and it 's held her brain back a bit . |
| 30 | But this whole account depends on the argument about children 's single-sex peer groups , an argument which just pushes the problem back a stage . |