Example sentences of "[vb pp] back [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is supposed to have reported back that the war could not be won ; but the United States exerted strong pressure to continue . |
| 2 | With a sweet spot that is 15% larger than traditional irons , an aerodynamically designed back and a sole that is 80% wider than in steel-headed irons , the A.D.X. 200 irons give an easy swing which translates into greater distance and more accuracy . |
| 3 | He had changed into a cotton shirt with the sleeves rolled back and a pair of faded black jeans that hugged the contours of his body . |
| 4 | Three weeks on , The Paradise Club proves the contrary : it is now looking less like a showroom model than a motor on which the clock has been wound back and the polish is beginning to fade . |
| 5 | His hood was tugged back and the axe struck again . |
| 6 | The wings became a blur and Twoflower was jerked back as the dragon veered and sped off down a side corridor like a gnat-crazed swallow . |
| 7 | This generous depth , combined with a full-scale neck , a heavily arched back and a lightly-strutted belly , means that the guitar packs a lot more punch than it has any right to — more than a Martin 0–16 New Yorker , I 'd say , although that 's only from memory . |
| 8 | On this warm , sunny evening the sliding doors were pushed back and the scent of broom drifted in , along with the cooling freshness of a sprinkler turning merrily in the centre of the geranium-filled garden . |
| 9 | The cuffs were well turned back and the jersey came halfway down his shorts . |
| 10 | A Home Office pathologist was called and pupils at the school were turned back and the school closed after a caretaker found the body beside tennis courts at breakfast time . |
| 11 | I closed my eyes and suddenly the jakes door was thrust back and a veritable mountain of a man stood there . |
| 12 | The victim 's head was thrust back and the fool 's cap fell off . |
| 13 | In the wall opposite the throne , screen doors had been drawn back and a blaze of early morning sunlight flooded into the chamber from the flagstoned courtyard , causing the emperor 's gem-encrusted crown of beaten gold to flash and glitter with every movement of his head . |
| 14 | Then someone peers out the little square panel , and finally some bolts are drawn back and a Rasta I never saw before beckons me inside . |
| 15 | He slept with the curtains drawn back and the top of the window open . |
| 16 | And every night , before Swan arrived , he saw to it that the curtains were drawn back and the window was open wide so that the great white bird could come gliding right into the room and land on the floor beside his bed . |
| 17 | He had it nocked , and the hemp half drawn back when an extra flare lit the sky , and he saw how close the man was to firing , and how ill he looked , and how young he was : a hollow-faced boy , defending the walls of Famagusta . |
| 18 | In Lorimer 's case , he was bought back because the club went downhill faster than he had . |
| 19 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |
| 20 | Once bent away , it could n't be bent back and the rib transfer carriage would n't transfer . |
| 21 | Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms . |
| 22 | As soon as The Lizard was rounded , more than an hour later , power was eased back and the two continued towards Falmouth . |
| 23 | The scratchmen caught the bunch at the start of the final lap 28 and , with their increased pace , the two fugitives were soon brought back and the race stayed together until near the finish . |
| 24 | She wore a black swimsuit , a huge straw hat with the brim pinned back and a bad-tempered scowl . |
| 25 | I whimpered like a child , crouching in the cold , slimy darkness , until the grille above was pulled back and a bailiff with a face like a gargoyle 's lashed me with a whip , before lowering a stoup of brackish water and a fly-infested dish of rancid meat . |
| 26 | The cloth was pulled back and a large casket was taken into the church . |
| 27 | Excessive foliage may be cut back when the stakes are removed in late autumn . |
| 28 | The lacquer was carefully cut back and a burnished finish applied . |
| 29 | Inside , the crossing piers are cut back and a wooden barrel vault extends across all four arms of the cross . |
| 30 | Investment programmes were consistently cut back and the BEA remained short of power station capacity at peak times throughout their first ten years . |