Example sentences of "[verb] back for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 2 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
| 3 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 4 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
| 5 | THE death of a father-of-four , mown down as he cycled home from the shops , has brought tragic memories flooding back for a young mother . |
| 6 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 7 | I found it so interesting I will certainly be going back for a closer look . ’ |
| 8 | She wriggled in outrage , but when he caught her head between his hands , pulling back for a few moments to stare intently into her face , she stopped fighting . |
| 9 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 10 | There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment . |
| 11 | There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow . |
| 12 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 13 | Well really when I had the same thing , you know , and goes back for a little bit this morning and er same sort of thing . |
| 14 | The examination committee records in London show that the majority of students were examined after nine or 18 months ' instruction , and even then they stood a chance of being referred back for a further period of study . |
| 15 | If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation . |
| 16 | Wetherall was up at one point and had two shots blocked before coming back for a third and putting the ball in the net . |
| 17 | And what a disaster : Arnold had 48 going out and 39 coming back for an 87 . |
| 18 | The path follows the road out of Port Isaac and at the top it 's worth glancing back for a final look at this fascinating place . |
| 19 | Go back for a second glance — is that really me ? |
| 20 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 21 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 22 | I 'm going to recommend that you are taken off duty immediately and sent back for a three-month intensive retraining schedule , ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Gone back for a further inspection , ’ provided a voice out of the gloom . |
| 24 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
| 26 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 27 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 28 | One admires the results as one might standing back for a painted landscape , yet I miss the sensation of really ‘ being there ’ . |
| 29 | At 133 for 2 , England might have fought back for an honourable draw ; or they might not . |
| 30 | Ferranti 's annual meeting , adjourned until 10 October , will now almost inevitably be put back for a further four to six weeks in the light of recent events . |