Example sentences of "[to-vb] back and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 9mm slug exploded one of the Orion 's headlights , smashing the housing and causing Farrell to jump back and seek cover behind the vehicle . |
| 2 | He tripped over a fallen body and this gave Balliol sufficient time to jump back and slam the door shut behind him . |
| 3 | Criticism leads to critical self-reflection , where students are able to stand back and place their knowledge and accomplishments in a larger perspective . |
| 4 | Robbie Warner , who led the championship for a short time last year and Geoff Baker exchanged paintwork , during their last encounter and with Baker 's team-mate ‘ Taffy' Gillingham unlikely to stand back and watch , it could be an entertaining afternoon of contact motor sport , all sponsored by BBC Radio Suffolk . |
| 5 | The British Government have become spineless jellyfish who seem prepared to stand back and watch these Marxist death squads murdering their way through the people of Ulster not doing anything too ‘ adventurous ’ in case they upset friends in Dublin . |
| 6 | Look forward to the time when you rocking horse is all finished and you will be able to stand back and watch your children or grandchildren happily riding this beautiful heirloom that you have created , and you will be able to say with pride and satisfaction , ‘ I made that . ’ |
| 7 | However , it is clearly impossible for us all to stand back and watch the booksellers ' position , in total terms , being undermined by some publishers ' double standards . |
| 8 | ‘ This sounds easy but in fact proved how difficult it can be to stand back and identify every activity carried out in your own workplace ( and those that maybe are n't but should be ! ) where standard procedures should be employed . |
| 9 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 10 | He will have little opportunity to stand back and examine the data in the cool light of the academic ‘ ivory tower ’ . |
| 11 | Because we are engaged in practical actions of great complexity , which we nevertheless ‘ pull off ’ day after day , we have little time to stand back and analyse how we do all the things that we do . |
| 12 | The new editor shares with the retiring one a proper reverence for the game , balanced by an ability to stand back and view it with a perspective born of experience of other important things in life . |
| 13 | The best way to allow an economy to flourish is to stand back and give room for choice , competition , incentive and the will to succeed . |
| 14 | In addition , our use of our mother tongue is often so automatic and habitual , and so much a part of our individual and social identity , that help is needed to stand back and reflect on aspects of language with some degree of objectivity . |
| 15 | There was a moment when Taliesin was able to stand back and think : we are being bewitched . |
| 16 | For example if you 've got between thirteen and twenty for an activist that 's a very strong preference , however for a reflector a very strong preference is eighteen to twenty , because by nature most of us tend , you know most of us tend to stand back and think so what we actually need , what we wh what we can see is that when we compare our scores against the general norms it 's a much more accurate picture of our learning style . |
| 17 | Then I force myself to stand back and assess the situation . |
| 18 | The need for patience and the ability to stand back and let the groups reach their own decisions became new management skills . |
| 19 | I 'm happier to stand back and let him do his bit and I 'll do my bit , as long as we 're talking to each other . |
| 20 | The student may be able to stand back and to relativize his or her own learning . |
| 21 | Because we are immersed in the culture of the modern world as actor-participants , it takes an effort of will to stand back and look clearly with Christian discernment . |
| 22 | It is the perfect time to stand back and look at how the beauty of nature can enhance your surroundings . |
| 23 | A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood ! |
| 24 | Germain Viatte : This is an opportunity to stand back and take stock . |
| 25 | We have suggested that a feature of leadership is the ability to stand back and take the wider perspective . |
| 26 | I think there was a law passed in Scotland … that a certain class should educate its children , its boys , in England , to alienate them from the people they were going to come back and rule over . |
| 27 | And I sort of started to get itchy feet to come back and do things in the early eighties and that 's when I went to Liverpool , I did a play with , I did Alfie with Alan who just directed the Commitments and er we went to a b and that really got me fired up to start again , and I sort of did some theatre stuff through the bits and pieces through the eighties until Love Hurts came . |
| 28 | But Spurs found the character to come back and equalise through Gordon Durie on 56 minutes , and United manager Alex Ferguson applauded the new competitive edge to a side that ended his team 's run of five straight wins . |
| 29 | Faces from the past seemed to come back and taunt him — Carmina Twist , the gypsy-eyed temptress from his university days ; Vauxhall Nova , his first great love , the woman who 'd taught him to say ‘ When ’ ; Lal Basingstoke — big , blonde , beautiful , inexhaustible , extremely tiring Lal Basingstoke . |
| 30 | Instead the complainant , defendant , and witnesses had to come back and testify all over again , usually on a different day , when the official was acting in his capacity as a magistrate . |