Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
| 2 | She was walking back one day , her baskets empty , her spirit almost peaceful for once . |
| 3 | Deputy hooker Ian Jeffery drafted in at blindside flanker typified the courageous tackling of the home team to avert a glut of scores by the visitors the County pack plying back enough possession to win a dozen games . |
| 4 | THE fun-loving niece of tycoon Lord Hanson plunged to her death after knocking back SEVENTEEN tequila slammer cocktails costing just £8.50 . |
| 5 | A book lying on the counter was opened , and while pushing back auburn hair the woman asked , ‘ Did you have a reservation ? ’ |
| 6 | There was support for coalition in the North and in Scotland , where local cooperation was pushing back municipal socialism in 1920–21 , and also in Birmingham , where Austen Chamberlain traded on the family name and Neville brooded uneasily on the course of events . |
| 7 | When throttling back select carburettor heat before doing so . |
| 8 | I called out that we were ready , but there was no answer , and when I returned to the bedroom I found her lying back full length on the bed , her eyes open and gazing up at the ceiling with that same vacant stare . |
| 9 | He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression . |
| 10 | only going back one year . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation we 're going back this afternoon to have another go . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going back this afternoon , ’ Ellen said as they stood at the bar , watched by every eye in the place . |
| 13 | He struck his hands in his belt pulling back hi coat , allowing them all to see the butt of a revolver protruding from the inner pocket of his coat . |
| 14 | and then turning back this way . |
| 15 | Moving back another step to a still wider canvas , the holiday as a whole should have an overall structure : preparations for the journey and the journey itself ; arrival at the holiday destination ; introductory shots of the immediate vicinity ; a day on the beach ; a visit to a place of interest ; night-life , and so on … |
| 16 | The Société des Amis du Louvre carried out the Louvre 's ongoing policy of buying back French crown jewels by bidding SFr935,000 for the tiara made of State gems and pearls for Napoleon III , to give to his bride , Eugenie de Montijo . |
| 17 | In Mr Foley 's view the idea that high corporate gearing is responsible for holding back economic recovery is misleading , since companies on average were not particularly heavily indebted when the recession began and have subsequently reduced their borrowing levels . |
| 18 | A Gallup Survey ( Heald and Wybrow , 1986 , 151 ) had earlier reported that a majority ( 57 per cent ) preferred protection of the environment even at the expense of holding back economic growth . |
| 19 | However , several constraints were identified as holding back this development . |
| 20 | But it worked perfectly , returning 3,000 pieces of information per second and even sending back useful information about the van Allen belts . |
| 21 | If the purchaser is to try to ensure that his is the last counter-offer , so that it will be accepted by the conduct of the seller , the device of sending back another acknowledgement does not work well in practice . |
| 22 | you 're bringing back that car . |
| 23 | Bringing back capital punishment would do nothing if the drug problem was not solved . |
| 24 | Bringing back capital punishment would do nothing if the drug problem was not solved . |
| 25 | However , a new problem arises — that of selection due to differential recruitment of those receiving or not receiving X. For example if , after a TV programme on violence in society , we sample to compare the opinions of those who watched it with those who did not on the question of bringing back corporal punishment , can we assume that the subpopulations of watchers and non-watchers are otherwise similar ? |
| 26 | We are accordingly cutting back central funding , but at the same time encouraging an increased local spend . |
| 27 | After voting to close eight more old people 's homes Durham County Council is now cutting back many home help visits to just once a fortnight . |
| 28 | Despite Levack 's recently winning contracts totalling more than £6 million for Marks & Spencer 's Maybury site , in Edinburgh , and the Bankhead Interchange , in Fife , the recession was cutting back new business . |
| 29 | Trudging back one evening , having been out all day and having had no luck , Charles spotted a large heap of rocks on the hillside above them , and asked what it was . |
| 30 | So the forward , function is Y equals X squared , which always gives you a positive and then the function comes back , it 's coming back that way , |