Example sentences of "[verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He believed that a generous gesture by Israel to accept back a large number might break the impasse , and generate an atmosphere conducive to an overall settlement . |
2 | Clients will announce their intentions to the group , and then report back the following week . |
3 | Every household of eunuchs has a network of informers — sweepers , dhobis , midwives — who report back the imminent births and marriages in their district . |
4 | But no sound outside and he tried again : now with both of his hands , one to steady up the other , to work back the locking door-holt . |
5 | No , that 's nothing , call off the men in the white coats , send back the padded van , we 've got our own first-aid kit . |
6 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
7 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
8 | Instead he lowered his blade and drew back a rapid pace or two , nostrils wide and long lips smiling savagely , and suddenly turning away , vanished into the bushes . |
9 | He drew back the groaning bolts and turned the rusty iron ring , and the door opened inwards with a protesting creak . |
10 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
11 | He has come back a wiser player and he will add drive to the team . ’ |
12 | Keeping back a little fondant for the door and children ( about 100g/4oz ) , colour the remaining fondant blue . |
13 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
14 | That , too , she managed to turn into a joke , while keeping back the unwelcome sighting of Robert . |
15 | It will be a choice of ends , for example , even if forgotten a moment later , when he chokes back an erupting laugh at a slip by an important man , the choice being between a momentary and a long-term goal , the latter of which the other man could jeopardize . |
16 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
17 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |
18 | With the selection of some anti-O'Neill candidates in the 1970 Stormont elections and the Westminster elections of the same year , the conservatives sensed that they could win back the Unionist Party machine . |
19 | The initial inducement may not be taken by customers to imply the normal credit terms , or if it is , the firm 's credit managers may eventually be able to rein back the actual credit period taken to the planned one month . |
20 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
21 | In Claude Berri 's latest film , ‘ Uranus ’ , he knocks back a whole bottle of wine without pausing for breath ; although he insists that it was merely coloured water , his fans believe otherwise . |
22 | She would rally the creatures of this Castle , and the Cruithin , and drive out Medoc and beat back the Dark Ireland . |
23 | Claudia caught back the angry words she wanted to hurl at him . |
24 | I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else . |
25 | Like you say , a couple of days off now and then , you seem to come back a little bit more fired up . |
26 | These all turned out to be negative and the examining doctor decided to take rectal samples when she returned for her results as he felt she would be unlikely to come back a third time . |
27 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
28 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
29 | They went to total excess and then they had to come back the other way . |
30 | Visiting time was over and Eleanor left , promising to come back the following afternoon . |