Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] 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 | It 's too high get it back on the chair ! |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | " You mean , he 'd be willing to take me back , afterwards ? " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | " 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. ; |
| 9 | and they do it electrically or you can do it manually and he 's turned them round manually and now the water 's coming out normal put them back to how they were |
| 10 | They were very popular patients and everyone is delighted to see them back . |
| 11 | 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 … . |
| 12 | The new mothers were ravenous and it was easy to coax them back into the house . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She became so tame it was impossible to release her back into the wild . |
| 15 | Kingsley Black on the counter attack Rozario slipped I think fortunate to get it back and finds Black in a good position . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Remember , it is always possible to put more groundbait into the water , but impossible to take it back out ! |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | It would hardly have been consistent to bring it back now . |
| 20 | ‘ I overslept and f-forgot to pin it back in my rush , ’ she told him openly . |
| 21 | ‘ I know you 're glad to see me back , ’ said Thorfinn . |
| 22 | I 'm glad to see him back . |
| 23 | She was supposed to phone her back Tuesday , that 's what his wife said . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They are very heavily booked so we are lucky to have them back here . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm just glad to have him back . |
| 27 | But manager Bobby Gould insisted : ‘ Stewart is such an inspiration to the rest of the side and we 're glad to have him back . ’ |
| 28 | Its atmosphere welcomed them , as though glad to have them back . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm just glad to have you back safe and sound . ’ |