Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have therefore decided to give members until 31 March 1993 to get back to us with their comments in the hope of achieving the most desirable end result . |
| 2 | Croatian forces on Aug. 2 won back Kostajnica ( in the Banija region ) but lost the villages of Erdut , Dalj and and Aljmas near Osijek with about 80 people , most of them Croatians , being killed in the tank bombardment . |
| 3 | The Danish government said that its decision on Aug. 9 to take back the waste was made to " protect Denmark 's international reputation " . |
| 4 | Arescue mission was launched on Nov. 1 to bring back 13 survivors from a Canadian air force transport plane which had crashed on Oct. 31 near the military surveillance base at Alert , Ellesmere Island — the northernmost settlement in Canada , close to the North Pole . |
| 5 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 6 | Then , while Henry Ii headed back to Anjou , Richard and Alfonso of Aragon besieged Bertrand de Born in Hautefort . |