Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] back [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You can buy them one day and bring them back the next
2 ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me .
3 Oh I phoned her back a few days later and said how are things now ?
4 so I phoned him back the next day , ah he 's in our Glasgow office today so I phoned the Glasgow , he 's on the phone , I said that 's okay I 'll call back .
5 Ca n't say fairer than that , except if th'bist good to me as well I might even give thee back the two shilling . ’
6 When you 've tasted mine you might not want , you might want me to bring you bring you back a different sort .
7 ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me .
8 ‘ How long will you be staying with us ? ’ he queried when she handed him back the completed card .
9 I give him back the open paper .
10 Erm , it 's a city , this takes me back a few months , since the Southern Ryedale local plan enquiry , the character , special character of a city , is derives from a number of elements , there 's the green wedges which centre on the strays which penetrate into the heart of the built up area , there is the encircling belt of open countryside which links those areas together , there are the numerous settlements within the greenbelt and their relationship to one another , and to the city of York .
11 The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world .
12 An average baked potato will set you back a mere 180–200 calories and , with a sensible filling added , about 300 .
13 In this fascinating introductory Sideshow , she offers a number of choice things that range from small , long drop , earrings in silver and in pine that is coloured either red or green and retail at £10 a pair , to much larger things such as the brass and oxidised copper weighing Scales with their central zigzag column motif that will set you back a mere £270 .
14 An X baseball cap will set you back a money-grabbing $19 , the shirt $19 and sweatshirt $30 .
15 Mr Field believes he would win easily , and once returned to the Commons would ask the parliamentary party to give him back the Labour whip .
16 It 's a great way for producing long banners or waste paper but And if you wan na actually reverse this process alt M takes it back the other way .
17 The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary .
18 ‘ One was financial — loss of earnings , keeping a second home and campaigning expenses set us back a great deal over the 15 months .
19 This has set me back a few weeks , that 's all .
20 But you leave the cup on the table and she 'll call you back every ten
21 ‘ Somebody called Flavell ; asked about when I called you back the other night .
22 He took it a few feet out , so now he was on the edge of the 18 yard box … near the corner ( so approx 25 yards from goal ) , he pulled it back the other way , turned and curled the ball into the top left corner with his left foot .
23 ‘ I had to lay him off but I had every intention of bringing him back the following season .
24 I had promised him that I would look her up , convey his admiring regards , and perhaps even bring him back a signed photograph of Miss Dragonette .
25 The engagements used to go to the artists who brought them back the best presents from their tours abroad .
26 Talk to the children again to distract them , and , with your hands covering the cards , you turn them back the right way up .
27 Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time .
28 If you 're a C D O at Trent and you know you 're gon na go out on patrol as a special that night , there 's no doubt Trevor will let you take a radio home with you , as long as you bring it back the next day .
29 and when we got it back the flipping thing wo n't play at all
30 Kate , forcing herself with the greatest difficulty to resist his blatant charm , gave him back a calculating half-smile .
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