Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] back for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
| 2 | Losses incurred by sole traders or partnerships can be set against other income in that fiscal year , or carried back for up to three fiscal years depending on the circumstances . |
| 3 | Workers are more limited to particular geographical locations , and workers ' organizations can be completely destroyed or set back for years by unsuccessful struggles such as long running strikes or ( still more ) a general strike . |
| 4 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 5 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 6 | But Karen lapped it up and came back for more . |
| 7 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 8 | The teaching team , many of whom had not been involved in community interpreting before , rose to the challenge and fought , argued and demanded and came back for more . |
| 9 | They had had many rows like this , and it was a measure of how far their relationship had come that Edward , while sometimes scorched by the depth of Erica 's cynicism , fought his corner without descending into rage and came back for more . |
| 10 | Then we saw that Boniface of Eastbourne had already headed for home , so we turned and started back for our good harbour . |
| 11 | I 'm going to recommend that you are taken off duty immediately and sent back for a three-month intensive retraining schedule , ’ |
| 12 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 13 | Eventually he limped into the channel , recovered his breath , and went back for more . |
| 14 | Most of the St Joseph 's boys and girls finished everything on their plates — and went back for seconds or even thirds . |
| 15 | ‘ I can manage , ’ he said brusquely , threw them down , and went back for more . |
| 16 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 17 | ‘ I sold for £25 million and bought back for £17 million . |
| 18 | Around fifty works of art will include : four Eastern Zhou bronze vessels dating from the fifth century BC , cast in two different alloys of bronze and inlaid with a design incorporating small pieces of malachite , paste and copper wire ; a bronze male figure of the third to fourth century BC , supporting a candlestick ; of a similar date and from a royal treasury is a bronze and silver ox inlaid with a complex pattern of curved scrolls ; a gold and turquoise garment-hook in the form of three intertwined dragons ; a group of Tang figures including an ochre camel in unglazed earthenware ; and a twelfth-century carved wooden figure of a seated Bodhisattva , last shown in London at Eskenazi 's in 1972 and purchased back for this exhibition . |
| 19 | She drew aside the curtain of a small window and stood back for me to see the picture thus revealed . |
| 20 | Walking along the top landing , he flung open a door at the end , and stood back for her to enter . |
| 21 | The girl shut her eyes and gripped back for dear life . |
| 22 | She ran down the steps but turned back for a moment to say , ‘ Uncle Fred 's injured but he 'll be all right . |
| 23 | At the same function RFU secretary Dudley Wood said that the problem is worse in France , where the national club championship is the dominating force , whilst the president added that the RFU had twice been prepared to act against clubs but held back for lack of clinching evidence . |