Example sentences of "[verb] back at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 2 | It was open to her to come back at any time . |
| 3 | Birds ' songs often sound varied and melodious to us , but if they are recorded and played back at slow speed , they are found to have vastly more detail than we realise . |
| 4 | But she thought , looking back at that pewter sky and narrow saffron afterglow as the Aston Martin purred into life and shot away at speed : Yes , individuals do ! |
| 5 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 6 | Looking back at regular intervals to see if the stranger was following , eventually they reached the access to the street but the guide was astonished to find the man had vanished into thin air . |
| 7 | This was predictable , though , looking back at historical evidence relating to a Friday Christmas . |
| 8 | Looking back at those debates on how we could fill in the time on our hands , the novelist Herbert Gold reflected that the Fifties were a time of ‘ happy people with happy problems ’ . |
| 9 | I 'm sure our successors will be looking back at those acquisitions as good ones ! |
| 10 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 11 | Looking back at this morning — any early mist patches soon cleared and although it was a dry staert everywhere , it has remained cloudy . |
| 12 | Jack came back at that moment . |
| 13 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 14 | Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs . |
| 15 | ‘ She never came back at all while Dad was alive . |
| 16 | Given the geographic spread of the ‘ contestants ’ it was not surprising that the packages arrived back at varying times but outlying areas such as Newcastle , Liverpool and Bristol were not obviously handicapped . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I do hope that I 've done well , ’ Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables . |
| 18 | But when she arrived back at Green Gables , Anne knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 19 | The general message was not to look back at past crimes but forward to a more worthwhile place in society . |
| 20 | If we fail to take this opportunity Mr Mayor , as I as I feel we are about to do I am a hundred percent convinced that in years to come people will look back at this year , or however long it happens to be and say they missed out on a golden opportunity to make social , to make more houses and to make social housing better in this city and across the country . |
| 21 | ‘ Although it was horrible to lose my titles , I look back at that fight as a great experience . ’ |
| 22 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 23 | As you read through a book or long article , pause after each chapter or section and look back at any notes you have taken . |
| 24 | If you look back at any year you only get ten or 20 good records and they 're not likely to be all in one week . ’ |
| 25 | Look back at any crises which occurred over the last few years . |
| 26 | A look back at programmed learning shows how the concept began to arise . |
| 27 | Cut away the waste wood around the ears with the coping saw , and use the 1in shallow gouge to further shape them and the nostrils so that they angle back at each side . |
| 28 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 29 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
| 30 | Similarly , the therapist should help the family formulate a step-by-step approach to problem-solving with regard to a particular problem , and then encourage them to try out these steps at home , reporting back at subsequent sessions on their progress and any difficulties that they have encountered . |