Example sentences of "[verb] back [adv] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shares bounced back yesterday although the rally carried little conviction . |
| 2 | He was wrong there , having misjudged the mood of Londoners , because even those who were completely bombed out and had nothing except the clothes they stood up in , nearly all came back again when the bombing eased off and they could find a roof to cover them . |
| 3 | ‘ She came back again when the baby was born and for a few months she tried , I 'll give her that . |
| 4 | now they came back early cos the weather was a bit cold |
| 5 | Usually her hair was drawn back tightly until the skin pulled at her temples , but today it was loose , and so pretty Betty was quite envious . |
| 6 | I tried Gallanach , in case the train had got back there before the bag had been discovered under the seat by some honest person . |
| 7 | When the main party flew out yesterday it was joined by girlfriends and trip sponsors who will accompany the climbers on a ‘ support ’ trek before turning back just before the serious work begins . |
| 8 | Because of these misleading signs which said ‘ road closed ’ not ‘ flooding ’ the school buses turned back even though the road was passable even in a small car . |
| 9 | He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later . |
| 10 | I do n't remember him doing much digging in the garden but in my memory he is always mowing the lawn and fussing over a particular type of grass which evaded the blades and sprang back upright after the mower had passed over it . |
| 11 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 12 | He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him . |
| 13 | Caroline stepped back quickly as the heavy velvet curtain descended . |
| 14 | Memories flooded back yesterday as the couple presented a £43,000 cheque raised in memory of Leonora for research into children 's cancers . |
| 15 | I can not understand why riders are holding back just when the sport needs them most . |
| 16 | He did n't dare attempt to go back again until the coast was clear , so he hid himself until everyone was gone . |
| 17 | He shrank back fearfully as the horns scythed back and forth among the fragile trees , only a foot or so from his vulnerable body . |
| 18 | But applications for larger numbers of shares are likely to be scaled back substantially after the offer was oversubscribed by 4.7 times .. |
| 19 | Prince Richard 's Private Secretary , Clive Fairbrother , watched his master sprint away from the aircraft towards him , resenting the way his glossy brown hair fell back smoothly after the wind ruffled it . |
| 20 | By fighting back only when the bully attacks you , you are allowing him or her to pick the time and the place that suits them ; it may be a good idea to reverse the roles . |
| 21 | The airfield 's codename was " Vino " and was near Epernay , the only thing I can remember of that occasion was that we got lost and had to ask for a radio steer from the ground station , We were anxious to get back there because the next evening Gracie Fields was performing for the troops in a local theatre , Of the visit to Prague ( which we never found ) . |
| 22 | The following practices have been noted and should cease forthwith : Missiles thrown at the police should not be picked up and thrown back as once the missile has hit the ground it is deemed ‘ out of play ’ . |
| 23 | The origin of hot cross buns dates back further than the Elizabethans . |
| 24 | But the time came when he reached the age when the farmer had to pay sixpence a week for his insurance stamp , and he was sent back home because the man said he could n't afford it . |