Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] back the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 2 | He steeled himself as Epitot drew back the sheet . |
| 3 | Much of its stealth comes from a design that minimises the chance of radar waves bouncing back the way they came . |
| 4 | From a thousand voices came back the response : ‘ He is risen indeed , Alleluia ! ’ |
| 5 | In a series of bloody encounters in 1796 Napoleon threw back the Austrian , liberating the Italians — again — and created several new republics , one of which , the Cisalpine Republic , had Milan as its capital . |
| 6 | Zach threw back the lid in triumph and the twins and George gathered round to look at the contents . |
| 7 | ’ Tam folded back the paper and pointed to the banner headline . |
| 8 | The erotic implications of the subject , the motif of the figure holding back the curtain and the very prominent position of the still lifes , call to mind such works by Cézanne as l'Eternel Féminin , the various Temptations of St. Anthony and the Après-Midi à Naples . |
| 9 | Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind . |
| 10 | There is all the difference between keeping slim , well-groomed and well-dressed in order to look good at forty-five or fifty , and putting the same amount of effort into an attempt to put back the clock and have another crack at being twenty-five . |
| 11 | 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary . |
| 12 | But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones . |
| 13 | Within two hours , a representative from Harbottle and Lewis , the lawyers retained by Branson , was at the High Court in London getting an injunction to stop Chemical handing back the plane to Boeing . |
| 14 | They sat at a table covered with a checked tablecloth and tiles clicked underfoot ( Mummy brought back the tiles from Spain ) , and there was a big , brick fireplace with horse-brasses and copper pans and the boiler in the middle for the central heating , where there should have been a huge fire . |
| 15 | EDUCATION Secretary John Patten 's relentless attempt to turn back the school clocks continues this week with the release of the proposed new children 's reading list . |
| 16 | She closes her eyes squeezing back the tears . |
| 17 | If the full amount is not spent , then the employee pays back the difference . |
| 18 | After an unsuccessful merger with Ryman , the office equipment chain , Conran bought back the Habitat name and shops . |
| 19 | The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains |
| 20 | It has generally been thought a manifestation of the taste which in the immediately following period adapted many fabulous monsters from the East ; but it has no close eastern parallels , and the discovery of the Lefkandi Centaur pushes back the concept in Greece a long way . |
| 21 | The annual demands to bring back the rope , the murmurings about repatriating immigrants , the calls to purge the nation of social welfare scroungers , were for them a sojourn in purgatory . |
| 22 | The manmade homes to bring back the otter … |
| 23 | Dot pushed back the blanket , slid off Gloria 's lap and moved back to sit by her window . |
| 24 | At the same time , he was totally loyal to Franco and unlikely to seek Allied aid to bring back the monarchy . |
| 25 | Tolby smoothed back the tufts of hair above his ears and tried to smile back . |
| 26 | They 'll continue their campaign to win back the security they 'd worked a whole lifetime for . |
| 27 | Mr Crosbie said yesterday there are also signs that the school roll is to rise , after a campaign to win back the confidence of local parents . |
| 28 | Rachaela handed back the heath and the dragon . |
| 29 | A total of 58.7% of shareholders voted against Mr Sugar 's proposal to buy back the shares . |
| 30 | Katherine threw back the covers and swung her legs out of bed . |