Example sentences of "back [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consumers paid back £60 million more than they borrowed in September , on top of the net repayment of £36 million in August . |
| 2 | Consumers paid back £60 million more than they borrowed in September , on top of the net repayment of £36 million in August . |
| 3 | After lunch , full of roast beef , Yorkshire pudding , apple pie and custard , I took the back lane from Settle to Langcliffe and began the long climb out of the village by road . |
| 4 | Hounslow , the holders , who will welcome back Jon Potter and Martyn Grimley , face a first meeting with another Middlesex club , the new Second Division side , Lyons . |
| 5 | Hounslow , the holders , who will welcome back Jon Potter and Martyn Grimley , face a first meeting with another Middlesex club , the new Second Division side , Lyons . |
| 6 | Clean tin and put back base . |
| 7 | ‘ There are some days , ’ he said , ‘ when champagne is not for celebration , but for bracing the spine , putting back heart , restoring the ego . |
| 8 | When I get back Lucker wonders where I have been all night . |
| 9 | Simple — I take the other two pairs to suitable positions , then exchange them , and then put them back whore I found them . |
| 10 | She had forced herself out of bed especially early , without waking Oz , just so that she could have a spare half-hour or so to take a walk up Back Clough Dale . |
| 11 | And as for him going up Back Clough Dale and mithering the folk up there , and all for nothing — well , I reckon you 've lost your brains , my lad , to think of such a thing . |
| 12 | If partner " A " has an obligation to give partner " B " armshells ( mwali ) then partner " B " must give back necklaces ( soulaya , bagi ) and , vice versa , " A " can never give back necklaces to " B " , nor can " B " ever give armshells to " A " . |
| 13 | If partner " A " has an obligation to give partner " B " armshells ( mwali ) then partner " B " must give back necklaces ( soulaya , bagi ) and , vice versa , " A " can never give back necklaces to " B " , nor can " B " ever give armshells to " A " . |
| 14 | On the way back Francisco asked Shelley about Miguel . |
| 15 | ‘ Anti bourgeois liberalism ’ read widely as anti anything since the end of the Cultural Revolution , could have brought back policies which the pragmatists in the government had hoped were gone forever . |
| 16 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 17 | After three consecutive games without a win Aberdeen boss Willie Miller brought back Gary Smith , Lee Richardson and Brian Grant , with Grant making his first appearance since the opening day of the season . |
| 18 | Right back Gary Fleming 's renaissance at international level is now complete , exemplified by another purposeful display . |
| 19 | For tonight 's game , Burscough will welcome back Gary Winn , who joins a squad that is slowly getting back to full strength . |
| 20 | Then , said Miss Cliff , he was made to hand back £48 it cost to buy the rolls . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're not expensive , ’ shoots back Jim . |
| 22 | The United States would probably have reverted to isolationism as happened after the First World War ; Congress would have cut back Defence spending , starving the US defence/industrial base ; and American big business would have looked elsewhere for profitable enterprises . |
| 23 | and , and if ever you think of it , just think Ginny would give her back , back teeth . |
| 24 | Despite the violence of the schism with his father , the eccentric streak prevailed to the extent that he was offered funds until he found his feet back West . |
| 25 | Trailing wires can so easily be cut when trimming back hedges or mowing long grass . |
| 26 | So , so if the , if the region come back to you and knock back Hermestone , er would you appeal ? |
| 27 | Erm , she actually traced back calls on the station log and it was done from the first of October nineteen ninety two to the thirtieth of September nineteen ninety three and during that time we had over five thousand three hundred and thirty calls , of which one thousand one hundred and sixty six originated from , so that is erm twenty point three percent of the calls received at police station and were held on came from , which is quite a lot . |
| 28 | Their no-nonsense style makes them a better Super Bowl bet than the Buffalo Bills , who routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14 with reserve running back Kenneth Davis rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . |
| 29 | If the business buys goods for resale , or components for assembly , the terms on which it buys should be considered : to what extent is it possible to pass back liability for defects in those goods ; can the business recover an indemnity from its supplier against any liability it incurs to third parties , or is such liability excluded ? ( 3 ) Who are the business 's customers ? |
| 30 | Then he swishes his tail ; points his nose at the offending brush ; flattens his ears ; thrusts his head ; raises a warning back foot ; and finally , if nothing brings satisfaction , drives the person away in exasperation . |