Example sentences of "[verb] back the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the conditions of the original purchase from Wedgwood was that it could buy back the house for £1 if we had not completed the restoration within five years . |
| 2 | ICL Plc has pushed back the timeframe for its stock market flotation , saying that it will most likely be towards the back end of the two to five year target it set when Fujitsu Ltd took its 80% stake . |
| 3 | An ASEAN statement issued on July 23 ( the day before the start of the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Indonesia — see p. 37613 ) stated that the representation of Cambodia at the UN was " a delicate political question " and that attempts to change the seating in the absence of an acceptable Supreme National Council would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution . |
| 4 | The US decision was criticized by ASEAN in a final communiqué which stated that " attempts to change the [ UN ] representation of Cambodia at this time … would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution to the problem " . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you expect God to hold back the tide for us to float here all day , then , or do we turn in to Duart ? ’ |
| 6 | And it would n't be me , so , that killed you , but God himself , for if he wanted you alive , sure he 'd hold back the tide for you like Moses and the Red Sea ! ’ |
| 7 | But when he had had the effrontery to go whining to the constable , attempting to get back the money for which he had , after all , sold his twisted little soul , no one in St Jude 's Street could remember seeing or hearing anything about the accident at all . |
| 8 | He conjured before their minds a poetic word-picture of St Aidan coming from Iona in Scotland and settling there with his band of monks to pray and to spread Christianity among the heathen English ; and spoke of St Cuthbert to whom on that spot the people went to seek help and comfort and guidance , until he fled across the sands and sea to be alone with God on his island — so carry the lesson back , to a county black with people and with coal , carry back the need for quiet , and separation from whirl , and silence ; and so heaven will be nearer . |
| 9 | The Library 's teams — winners of last year 's competition — did not fare so well this time , coming in 9th and 10th out of 14 teams , but the fishermen are hopeful of winning back the trophy for the Library next year . |
| 10 | Delays in the determination of the final form and decoration of the palace constantly put back the date for the grand house-warming party . |
| 11 | Muhammad , known as Koca Efendi , seems to have held the office of kadi of Bursa from at least 759/1358 to at least approximately 783/1381–2 , the latter date being fixed by the fact that Koca Efendi , as kadi of Bursa , headed the delegation sent by Murad I to Germiyan to bring back the bride for Sehzade Bayezid . |
| 12 | In Spain , the paradox of Europe is that it is both the whip to modernise Spain by destroying structures of corporatism , grandeur and clericalism that held back the country for centuries , and , at the same time , it demands enormous sacrifices paid by the poor as Solchaga and Gonzáles seek to achieve a capitalism and productivity equal to levels set in northern Europe . |