Example sentences of "[verb] back on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this , the third issue of Update devoted to general SVQs , we also report back on the seminars held recently for external verifiers and for centre co-ordinators from new piloting centres . |
| 2 | Tens of thousands were reported back on the streets in Timisoara yesterday , defying a state of emergency , a curfew , and a ban on assembly of more than five persons imposed on the region . |
| 3 | I sank back on the bed and started worrying about money . |
| 4 | And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch . |
| 5 | Today , as Patricia , now 17 , sets about rebuilding her life , she looks back on the experience with a mixture of hatred , bitterness , anger and irony . |
| 6 | Prudence has three heads , a youth 's which looks towards the future , a mature man 's which looks at the present , and an old man 's which looks back on the past with the wisdom of experience . |
| 7 | The video looks back on the occupation of Latin America by Europeans and draws attention to the present situation of the millions of people throughout the continent who are suffering poverty and disease . |
| 8 | The more one looks back on the record the more one is impressed by the role of Mrs Thatcher as a dominant figure and as an illustration of the power of the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | There was a silence , while Hector , climbing back on the bed , nuzzled at her free hand . |
| 10 | Jezrael let her aching body melt back on the mattress . |
| 11 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 12 | Er I wanted to come back on the question of regeneration and the opportunities in Leeds . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 15 | The two understudies were asked to come back on the Friday afternoon , when there was going to be a complete run of the play for the producers and Malcolm Harris . |
| 16 | Mr , do you want to come back on the point made on the other side of the room about your arbitrary selection of building rates ? |
| 17 | He shrugs and lies back on the bed . |
| 18 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 19 | does it make any sense , like you could at least sort of fall back on the toilet or something . |
| 20 | She let her head fall back on the pillow , her body arching in swift sensuousness , inviting and inciting the continuation of his caresses . |
| 21 | If we ca n't see anything more unusual suppose we could always fall back on the bubble baths or the anyway I think that 's a bit more than but there you go . |
| 22 | To measure sincerity in weapons proved very difficult , and so , from time to time , the American delegation would fall back on the mantra of peace , peace to which only Iraq was the obstacle , peace in which all these obsessions about the latest arms and the best would be redundant . |
| 23 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 24 | At the same time they have re-examined ‘ respect for the individual ’ , and focussed back on the manager 's role in developing trust , justice , helping employees take ownership of their jobs . |
| 25 | When he took off on his return flight in a small twin-engined plane , one of the engines failed , and the pilot , whether by accident or design I do n't know , did a swift turn and made an emergency landing back on the airfield , missing the Control Tower by about three feet . |
| 26 | Spencer by now was n't very pleased , Elstree were n't very thrilled about him landing back on the runway either , and with the hydraulic fluid gone , there were no flaps either . |
| 27 | The glider dived almost vertically and I was just in time to pull back on the stick so that we hit the ground in a level attitude without any damage . |
| 28 | ‘ However well acted and directed they are , Americans find they hold back on the emotions . |
| 29 | Looking back on the fall , he said : ‘ I knew he was going down 20 yards before it happened . |
| 30 | A schools ' video and a book are being produced , looking back on the history of the LGC . |