Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 2 | The one reservation about the recording is that he was not advised to lean or step back a fraction on climactic high notes , which in consequence are disproportionately emphatic ( e.g. in Minnelied im Mai or the rapturous Frühlingslied ) and almost in danger of blasting : the recording supervisor should have watched this more carefully . |
| 3 | Lay or roll back the insulation using a brush to push the material into the angle of the rafter ventilator to avoid any cold spots |
| 4 | If the law says that you must be compensated for any damage suffered , your neighbour will either have to pay up or cut back the tree . |
| 5 | She paused a moment , uncertain whether to follow the other two or go back the way they had come . |
| 6 | But the predicted economic success of this year 's competition may not be sufficient to hide or hold back the potentially destructive tensions that the growth of football throughout the world has created . |
| 7 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 8 | A small but increasing number of commentators would like to stop or turn back the clock and , in the absence of hard data , the debate has been perhaps more about political models of social care than about what works in practice . |
| 9 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 10 | The curtains were still pulled and he placed one of the packages of groceries on the table , holding the other to his side as he went across the room and whipped back the heavy green curtains . |
| 11 | We 're walking past this telly shop when Marie suddenly stops and goes back a couple of steps . |
| 12 | Then the next morning when he was still sleeping it off , Doris 'd go off to the pub herself and have a few , and bring back a quart of mild , and they 'd get drunk again together . |
| 13 | ‘ You feel , perhaps , that it would be a marvellous thing to go to the Counterweight Continent and bring back a shipload of gold ? ’ |
| 14 | It really is exciting and something which it 's difficult to express and even better if we can do something for Herefordshire and bring back a winner . |
| 15 | One firm is even arranging for convoys of lorries to travel with the coaches to France and bring back the booty . |
| 16 | In the story , those invited to attend made excuses ; a response which so infuriated the host that he ordered his servant to ‘ Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town , and bring back the poor , the crippled , the blind , and the lame . … ’ |
| 17 | On trips into London after we 'd finally moved to Wales , I would raid skips and bring back the booty on the car roof-rack . |
| 18 | It would prevent more tragedies like Michael Watson 's and bring back the skill to the game . |
| 19 | The number of days lost through strikes is lower than at any time since 1979 , and people ought to know that Labour policies would sweep all that away and bring back the sort of industrial anarchy that existed in 1978-79 . |
| 20 | And bring back the glasses . |
| 21 | Willy away and and bring back the matches please . |
| 22 | She swallowed and fought back the tears , dashing her hand over her eyes . |
| 23 | I fed a CD of Hugh Masekela into the machine and fought back the urge to get my trumpet out and play along , ruminating on the injustice of a world that had taken so long to discover him . |
| 24 | Ruth buried her face in his neck and fought back the tears for poor Maria Luisa . |
| 25 | AN ornithologist sent off £20 for a ‘ parabolic microphone kit ’ to record his favourite birdsongs from 250 yards — and got back a WOK used for stir-frying . |
| 26 | I went to the pawnbroker and got back a little gold locket . |
| 27 | He folded it and smoothed back the sheet . |
| 28 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 29 | Stuff the jacuzzi and send back the limo — Bivouac just wan na plod ! |
| 30 | The second whinnied and moved back a step to graze the spot it had been coveting for the past hour . |