Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] back from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 2 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 3 | The time taken by the sound of each click to bounce back from the rock to the bird , enables the swiftlet to judge just how far away it is from the rock wall ahead . |
| 4 | Pigeon-toed beneath her crinoline , Louisa clapped his performance , and the sound of her clapping sped across the ice to echo back from the trees . |
| 5 | Mr Whittington proved that the LCC had got themselves a very good orator to transfer back from the EMS when war was over . |
| 6 | Ace snapped savagely , causing Benny to step back from the unexpectedly vicious tone in her voice . |
| 7 | It always feels like an admission of failure to come back from the Continent and have nothing to show for it . |
| 8 | The latter allows both parties a chance to stand back from the daily routine and take a harder look at overall performance . |
| 9 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |
| 10 | McAllister had five birdies in the space of seven inward holes to turn back from the brink of disaster . |
| 11 | It is this incredible flexibility that allows us to juggle page layouts in just a few minutes and produce a fresh piece of artwork each time rather than wait hours , even days , for the re-worked page to come back from the artist 's studio . |
| 12 | In such cases of disagreement between professionally and theoretically interested parties , it sometimes proves a useful corrective to step back from the problem and to enquire into ‘ folk ’ conceptions regarding the relevant issues . |
| 13 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 14 | That day , as we waited for the doctor to come back from the mountains , was one of deep anxiety for the whole family . |
| 15 | Error comes in if one over-interprets the relevance of these conclusions , by forgetting the artificial constraints of the experiment and instead assuming that in real life , outside the laboratory so to say , such changes involving only a single variable can actually take place ; that it is a simple matter to extrapolate back from the artificiality of laboratory isolation to the complex , rich interconnectedness of the real world . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes it is important for the individual to step back from the fray , ’ said , ‘ and describe to themselves what the work problems are and build up an action programme for themselves . |
| 17 | They have a 12-point deficit to claw back from the first Gold Cup leg at Glasgow , and judging from Sunday 's encouraging performance against Edinburgh , they should be able to clinch the bonus point for an aggregate victory . |
| 18 | But although there was ample room lengthways for sitters to draw back from the blaze sufficiently for comfort , there was less space broadways-on , so that the pairs had to sit fairly close together — which suited Alexander Ramsay very well , for he shared a bench with Mariot . |