Example sentences of "[vb pp] back for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time . |
| 2 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 3 | it looks like he 's learnt from the Arse match where he was hauled back for 5 yards by Campbell before they scored their 2nd . |
| 4 | Mr McKeag ( later Dr McKeag ) had been immensely popular on the Circuit and was often invited back for special services . |
| 5 | McKoy , having already been called back for one false start , would have been disqualified for a second offence — but he took full advantage of his head-start to pip Jackson for the gold . |
| 6 | On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy . |
| 7 | The French or Gallica roses are probably the oldest cultivated roses of European origin , and can arguably be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 8 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 9 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 10 | After a short lying-in-state at the Abbey of St Denis the remains were shipped back for eventual burial at Westminster , some two months after the death had taken place . |
| 11 | The bomb that killed President Muawad appeared to have defeated or at least set back for many months the Arab initiative spearheaded by Morocco , Algeria and Saudi Arabia . |
| 12 | " No , he 's gone back for sure , " said Hazel . |
| 13 | In my view this country is filled with immense new moral forces which have been dammed back for ten years by the great dead bulk of the Labour Party Machine lying like a fallen tree across the road to progress . |
| 14 | David Timmis held firm with 26 in 44 overs but received little support as Oswestry were sent back for 109 . |
| 15 | Talybont were then sent back for 109 , Wheeler hitting 33 not out and Simon Lloyd Williams 31 . |
| 16 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 17 | Pontblyddyn were sent back for 89 , Nicky Holt hitting 42 and Colin Peers 20 not out as Phil Williams picked up 6–33 and Tim Davies 3–51 . |
| 18 | Railway stock sent from Black Sea ports to another area , the Middle Volga , was not sent back for more grain , but for the most part ended up in Siberia . |
| 19 | The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 . |
| 20 | There is certainly evidence that bodies other than the Moon suffered lhb : the present cratering rates on the terrestrial planets , when extended back for 4600 Ma , do not produce the crater-saturated regions observed on Mars and Mercury . |
| 21 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |