Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate was wound up by the Home Secretary who was at his most Clarke-ish , punching the air with his fists and pushing back a lock of hair a la Heseltine . |
| 2 | He was forced into exile in the mid-70s , after the military government started a wholesale repression of the Indians by attacking their leaders and seizing back the land that they had struggled hard to reclaim under the previous regime . |
| 3 | ‘ But , like it or not , we were there and involved in it , and looking back the amazing thing for me is I 'm sitting here , breathing , after all that . |
| 4 | ‘ People were turning around and going back the other way , which was extremely dangerous . |
| 5 | This means restraint in public spending and holding back the natural enthusiasm of a clutch of new ministers to open the purse strings . |
| 6 | The latter is an evocative nature ballad and a poignant portrait of the artist at sunset but the forecast says Cash will be mining riches and holding back the black night for many years to come . |
| 7 | Setting customer service objectives and measuring performance through ‘ mystery shoppers ’ or other audit means and feeding back the results . |
| 8 | Barclay 's has now moved to al purpose built new regional headquarters at One Moorfields selling Martin 's Building to Carroll and leasing back the ground floor banking hall . |
| 9 | And coming back the other way . |
| 10 | Nelson 's had just issued a short book of mine on Turkey , and he scrutinized it with care , holding it high up and bending back the spine as if to test its durability . |
| 11 | The spectre of re-ignited conflict inside Israel , with Palestinian sorrow and fury outside , threatening to escalate violence and putting back the chances of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue still further . |
| 12 | The French army had become relatively small and manageable ; it was now comprised of picked men ; its leaders , too , were the best available ; and its task was the specific one of taking the initiative and winning back the areas of land ceded by the terms agreed at Brétigny — and more , if possible . |
| 13 | Effectively you ‘ field ’ their excuse , just like being on a cricket field and throwing back a ball that 's been hit towards you . |
| 14 | In January also he had to speak at Pusey House in Oxford on " The Lambeth Conference and Education " , but one student 's disappointment at his performance on this occasion suggests the strain and lack of preparedness which were forced on him during this period : " In questions Mr Eliot was most feeble and hesitant , humming and hawing much and throwing back the questions with " Is that not what I said ? " or " Does it not prove my point ? " |
| 15 | Such problems as length of journey leading to even further disorientation in some instances , problems of incontinence and travel sickness , problems of timing for carers in preparing and receiving back the sufferers . |
| 16 | Those days she walked slowly , crying already and biting and snuffing back the tears . |
| 17 | I think the danger for U2 is not just achieving , but holding back the achievement . |