Example sentences of "[vb infin] back on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other entertainers on the wane can often fall back on a ‘ club circuit ’ , musicians and dancers can sometimes coach others , but there are few openings for the ex-footballer . |
| 2 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 3 | Curiously enough , it appears that there is no question at all which fits the adjective of a sentence like ( 59 ) closely , so that one must fall back on a metalinguistic one such as ( 60 ) : ( 59 ) the sharks remain dangerous ( 60 ) what did you say about the sharks ? 5.7 Since the property of the postverbal is one which the speaker deliberately chooses to clothe in the guise of an adjective rather than an adverb , it must , as we have already remarked , be one which is capable of being ascribed to the referential locus of the subject phrase . |
| 4 | We could just fall back on a bit of sweets and chocolate or something in the end but I 'd like to get some |
| 5 | A year from now , in all likelihood , the world will look back on a merely disappointing year of little or no growth in Britain and America , of solid progress in Germany and Japan , of catastrophes skirted in the Gulf and the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | The British landed gentry can look back on a past filled with special glories due to the responsibilities of their rank . |
| 7 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 8 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 9 | Do you go back on a Tuesday do you ? |
| 10 | And they 'll get back on a winning streak by putting the ‘ Ell back in Elland Road — just like it was in the glory days of super manager Don Revie and hard-man skipper Billy Bremner . |