Example sentences of "[vb infin] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the conditions of the original purchase from Wedgwood was that it could buy back the house for £1 if we had not completed the restoration within five years . |
| 2 | A German farmer would ‘ sell out ’ to a Polish farmer who would then sell the land to the Commission ; the original farmer would then buy back the property . |
| 3 | It 's not unknown to eventually track back the source of rumour and confusion to events at ‘ Grange Hill ’ . |
| 4 | I 'll be very , very brief erm we can not fall back the control of the country which even the highest rate of recycling that a number of them have already achieved the Government recycling target so now you 've aimed er , I think it 's something rich it more or less stands for er , I would see the role of the County is essentially is co-ordination between the various waste collection authorities through to the greater of the extense of |
| 5 | The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War . |
| 6 | One or two pigments did stain the fibres somewhat , but they still held their translucence , and I suppose that a wash in warm soapy water would bring back the whiteness . |
| 7 | If they did n't bring back the amount of money he 'd told them to , he beat them with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been hard going for us all in the League , but hopefully this result will help bring back the confidence . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That messenger can pour back the ale near as fast as yourself , Lachlan , ’ she laughed . |
| 10 | And if you have the knack and a light enough touch , you can just about ease back the spring enough to release the tongue . |
| 11 | Similarly , if we could trace back the ancestry of all the genes in existing mice , through successive replications , for the same long period , we would expect to find those genes in animals belonging to a single species . |
| 12 | This meant that after thirty years had elapsed the original owner could no longer claim back the property , while the factual possessor could not be designated the proper owner . |
| 13 | If the donor is an individual ( or a company ) and pays basic rate income tax the RNLI can claim back the tax already paid on that money from the Inland Revenue turning the donor 's £600 , for example , into £800 for the Institution . |
| 14 | We will call this backwards pruning because , at the point where more than one path has the same successor , the algorithm can look back the way it has come , and mark or retain only the highest scoring path . |
| 15 | Does it set back the filter bacteria , denied of the first stage of the nitrogen equation ? |
| 16 | An ASEAN statement issued on July 23 ( the day before the start of the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Indonesia — see p. 37613 ) stated that the representation of Cambodia at the UN was " a delicate political question " and that attempts to change the seating in the absence of an acceptable Supreme National Council would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution . |
| 17 | The US decision was criticized by ASEAN in a final communiqué which stated that " attempts to change the [ UN ] representation of Cambodia at this time … would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution to the problem " . |
| 18 | Once inside , the maid will slide back the fusuma ( paper-panel door ) and the slippers are left at the door . |
| 19 | We must contact these people , we must build back the confidence to the unemployed , we 've given these people who are unemployed our good training , we need their expertise to come back and fight again if we 're gon na have any hope for the future . |
| 20 | The pair were in the air together at the last , but Bonnie Artist stumbled on landing and could never quite peg back the leader who held on by threequarters of a length . |
| 21 | When our engagement was broken off , neither of us would take back the other 's ring . |
| 22 | I 'll take back the part about the rats . ’ |
| 23 | I shall use it only on your business , and if your business is done and myself discharged before your gold is spent , you will take back the balance , or I will break your teeth with it . |
| 24 | Most deals over three months would be made with a CD due to their greater flexibility in that the depositor can gain back the deposit by selling the CD in the secondary market . |
| 25 | If the law says that you must be compensated for any damage suffered , your neighbour will either have to pay up or cut back the tree . |
| 26 | Well if the Conservatives got in would you cut back the money allocated to recreation and would you cut back on the recreation services ? |
| 27 | Thus if the Ming Vase is lent to the taxpayer repayable on demand ( so to say ) then if the taxpayer does in fact have the use for the entire year then the type of rental likely to be charged on such a letting in the market ( duly discounted because the trustees can call back the vase on demand ) is likely to comprise the benefit under s740 . |
| 28 | ‘ Let's go back the way we came , ’ Coconut said to Gareth . |
| 29 | No , I was for today and I 've got ta go back the week after I 'm due . |
| 30 | She tells me that the Mum has applied for free meals but should really pay back the money owed . |