Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb base] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popularisations encourage a passive , armchair view of the discipline being popularised : the readers or viewers sit back while the canvas is unfolded before them . |
| 2 | Three sets of lights later , they came into the town centre , a wide boulevard that sloped up a hill with the shops and offices set back from the pavement . |
| 3 | The response is encrypted as it is sent , and responses come back faster than pre-PROFS . |
| 4 | Donations to party coffers are drying up as bankruptcies rise and businesses cut back on unnecessary expense , depriving the Tories of their traditional support . |
| 5 | All our maypole queens , crown bearers and dancers look back on the ceremony with pride , and they still come back on the day . ’ |
| 6 | When we 've finished being sad , the mucous membranes in the nose and sinuses settle back to the normal uninflamed state . |
| 7 | Both the horses and girls come back into work on January 1st by which time both parties are refreshed and raring to go ! |
| 8 | Doubtless while our noble lords and masters stand back and applaud themselves for winning yet another battle . ’ |
| 9 | Now East Germans are shipping their own people in sealed trains through their own country to the West , and police fight back thousands who block the tracks and want to jump on board . |
| 10 | Footballers and all other competitive sports people stay out but cricketers scurry back inside just when it is getting interesting . |