Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb -s] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be the song of the curlew that recalls childhood holidays on the moors and dales , the calls of oystercatchers that bring to mind the seaside , the smell of the salt , the sunshine and ice cream ; or the song of the thrush that brings back the memory of a walk , a place , a friend who shared a memorable day . |
| 2 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 3 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a strong culture of control at AT&T that goes back an awfully long way , ’ observes Charles Heckscher , a labour-relations academic who has advised AT&T on its ambitious plan . |
| 5 | This is usually done by a guillotine that cuts back a bundle of a dozen or so plants at a time , and it is not unusual to find the cut ends chopped and bruised rather roughly . |
| 6 | Ironically , better than actors and playwrights , they understand Johnson 's words , written at the conclusion of a prologue to a play by Garrick at Drury Lane : The stage but echoes back the public voice/The drama 's laws the drama 's patrons give/For we that live to please must please to live . |