Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [v-ing] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I it took us three and a half hours coming back from Swansea . |
| 2 | Sure enough , there is observational evidence of such clusters going back to the 11 000 nebular objects listed in J. L. E. Dreyer 's New General Catalogue , in the 1890s , long before Hubble 's discovery of their true nature . |
| 3 | With the economy moving out of recession we expect to see fewer clients cutting back and this should help reduce our terminations . |
| 4 | Kidd glanced across at the cornered Volkswagen , its terrified inhabitant , the three FBI men examining the empty attaché case , two more Yankees standing back and staring hopefully at the sky , and three of his colleagues trying to take statements . |
| 5 | Correct , the position Chair , is that we are , as I said earlier , endeavouring to pull all those committees overspending back in line with the budget in ninety four , five . |
| 6 | Lawyers and doctors had their own institutions dating back to Tudor times , but the great expansion of the professions occurred in the Victorian age . |
| 7 | Frank Stacey , his director of studies , who knows Paul as a quiet , slightly withdrawn student , said : ‘ I do not think he will face any problems coming back . ’ |
| 8 | But the utilitarian function of keeping church walls dry hardly accounts for the occasionally bizarre juxtaposition of the sacred and profane : Christ and the saints among the foully contorted and pagan fertility symbols , the Virgin Mary elbowed by giants ( usually depicted with both hands pulling back fierce lips ) . |