Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood staring out of the window into the shifting , cloying mist and wondered about Mathilda 's ghosts trooping back to their worm-eaten beds . |
| 2 | Any time you want to spend some of your savings , just use your Saver Plus Card at our cash machines to withdraw up to £500 a day ( providing there is sufficient money in Saver Plus ) or transfer the amount you want back to your Current Account . |
| 3 | ‘ Though will you be all right driving back on your own ? ’ she fretted . |
| 4 | Rachel looks back to her first batches of yogurt : Two gallons , then five gallons , then a churnful , sold to local shops . |
| 5 | After 18 months of illness and injury the 21-year-old flyer looks back to his best . |
| 6 | However , she looks back on her nomadic years with fond memories . |
| 7 | Between Ourselves , the respected photographic artist Mari Mahr , looks back on her Hungarian upbringing and the cultural identities that have shaped her knowledge of her three subjects : her grandmother , mother and daughter ( until 8 Feb ) . |
| 8 | Bishop looks back on his recent visit |
| 9 | Signing Off Tony Rudd looks back over his brilliant career 56 |
| 10 | BBC2 's Frost In The Air looks back over his 30-year career . |
| 11 | Matilda staggered back to her own empty house carrying the tall cage in both hands . |
| 12 | ‘ Help yourself , ’ said Bill , ambling back to his own desk and a waiting copy of the Morning Star . |
| 13 | Worst of all , they liked to swell back to their original dimensions in water and this swelling was generally unpredictable and irreversible . |
| 14 | Oh yes that one 's come back to me that one now |
| 15 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 16 | When she had once laughingly asked , ‘ Who supplies the meat , Father , and the clothes that go between the hats and the shoes ? ’ he had come back with his usual answer to her , ‘ You 're too sharp by half ; you 'll cut yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 17 | The callous incident of the heat sink … but then : hands linked in the Tunnel of Terror … the upper-habber had come back for his two companions , for whatever reason … |
| 18 | However , the name is n't very new it is reverting back to its old name , The Causeway . |
| 19 | Middlesbrough race tomorrow night for the final week before reverting back to their usual Wednesday evening slot . |
| 20 | If you have really strong will-power and become slim , reverting back to your old eating habits often puts the weight straight back on again . |
| 21 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |
| 22 | It took us the rest of the day to struggle back to our last bivouac , I remembered how Stephen Venables had dropped his rucksack , our stove and tent poles at 23,000 feet on Rimo 1 , and knew how the poor fellow felt : devastated . |
| 23 | After the fire Altovar Limited moved back to its old premises . |
| 24 | I did n't want Mum to be alone , now she 'd left Ted and Jean , and moved back into our old house . |
| 25 | If they witness something frightening , if they see someone messing up at school or losing friends , they 'll show concern , distance themselves from anything really threatening , enjoy a little frisson of fear and then slip back towards their old habits . |
| 26 | D. pectenoides ( Philippines ) has an inturned lip rolled back on itself such that inner chambers are produced in the sacs , though the adventitious roots enter only the outer ones . |
| 27 | A statement such as ‘ That makes me feel very angry/unhappy/sad/upset when you do that ’ rather than immediately shouting at the child enables parents to stand back from their immediate emotional reactions and also teach the child awareness of other people 's feelings . |
| 28 | The annual exercise of producing a Corporate Plan helps us to stand back from our regular activities and review what our customers — including the Secretary of State for Scotland — expect from us , and to refocus our efforts on the main objectives and priorities . |
| 29 | ‘ No ! ’ she burst out hoarsely , leaping back from his hard hand . |
| 30 | However , they agreed to come back for their next session , in which Tom said , ‘ We have thought about what you said last week , and neither of us likes the idea of having ‘ tartiness ’ in our relationship , as you put it . |