Example sentences of "[vb -s] back [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HP BITES BACK AT SUN 's CARROT … |
| 2 | The first seventeen chapters of Scale 2 provide a context for this discussion which looks back to Scale 1 . |
| 3 | In her new book , she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures . |
| 4 | In her new book , she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures . |
| 5 | For that reason , Sir Adrian looks back with gratitude on the job-rotation policy that was an integral part of basic training when he joined the family firm after coming down from Cambridge in 1952 . |
| 6 | A sprightly 81 years old , this English engineer and inventor looks back with satisfaction on a lifetime as an explorer of the heavens , the Earth , and the limits of the technically feasible . |
| 7 | When they reached the destination the driver looks back in horror and says the poodle has disgraced itself . |
| 8 | Numbers 20 itself looks back in verse 24 , and talks of Moses and Aaron rebelling against God 's command , and 27.14 uses much the same terms . |
| 9 | Veteran looks back in anguish Wednesday People . |
| 10 | and then drops back into recitative with his contemptuous ‘ Ma che una feminella … |
| 11 | But if Russia falls into anarchy or lurches back into despotism the price that we pay could be frightening . ’ |
| 12 | Such language glances back to nature worship . |
| 13 | Like a small Moorhen ( p. 117 ) with a long red bill , which also distinguishes it from all the smaller crakes ; most often seen in rear view , as it dashes back into cover , when barred flanks and greyer under tail coverts distinguish from Moorhen . |
| 14 | With visions of one particular Limnititzker sugarplum dancing in her head , Rainbow floats through the rest of the evening , returns Aunt Goldie to llford , then heads back to town . |
| 15 | Crash horror Michael bounces back to health |
| 16 | Bionic boss Souness bounces back with title warning : You ai n't seen nothing yet |
| 17 | At the same time our School Social Worker arrives back in school . |
| 18 | He climbs back into bed , grabs my breast and nuzzles me in the crook of my neck . |
| 19 | Waddington cuts back on parole . |
| 20 | From Solva the route cuts back across country to Llanunwas Farm . |
| 21 | Di was just about to drop elder son Wills back at school when she braked sharply to avoid an oncoming motor . |
| 22 | This two-sidedness in ethology harks back in fact to the seventeenth-century dualism of Descartes , the mind — body dichotomy into different ‘ things ’ ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 23 | The Grand Prix season roars back into life this weekend . |
| 24 | Then she gets back into bed , dressing gown and all , and I hop back into my sleeping bag and we drink our tea . |
| 25 | ( Gets back into bed . ) |
| 26 | Gets back into bed and looks at Max 's machine instead . ) |
| 27 | I 've told him no more sex till he gets back into shape . ’ |
| 28 | Whatever happens , even if the same coalition led by the Christian Democrats and Socialists gets back into power , things can never be the same again . |
| 29 | Mr Sharif , meanwhile , is stomping around the country , vowing to get rid of the president when he gets back into power . |
| 30 | Just that I think Susanna wants to spanner to work , her bike 's not here otherwise I 'd have if she gets back in time , fair enough . |