Example sentences of "[verb] back from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that why John drew back from a closer relationship ? |
| 2 | Convinced that the Chinese communists were supplying the Vietcong ( Communist guerrillas of South Vietnam ) , the Eisenhower administration increased its aid to Diem and sent several hundred " advisers " to organize the army of South Vietnam , though the President drew back from a full commitment of US forces . |
| 3 | Although most Labour activists drew back from a direct challenge to the Coalition Government , the victory of two independent left candidates in by-elections in the spring of 1942 increased pressures on the Party to abandon its adherence to the electoral truce . |
| 4 | BORIS BECKER bounced back from a poor spell with a 7–6 , 6–3 victory over world No 1 Jim Courier in the quarter-finals of the Paris Open yesterday . |
| 5 | Witney Town turned in an excellent performance to come back from a two goal deficit to snatch a point against mid-table Yate . |
| 6 | Of course , it was all too immediate , though some of us kept diaries , ; now we select and interpret looking back from a different Personal life and a very different political time . ) |
| 7 | Johnson , stripped of his 100m Olympic gold medal in 1988 as well as world indoor and outdoor world records , came back from a two-year steroid suspension in 1991. — Reuter . |
| 8 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
| 9 | It is only two weeks since Gough came back from a multiple fracture of the cheekbone . |
| 10 | It is only two weeks since Gough came back from a multiple fracture of the cheekbone . |
| 11 | So this was how a submarine came back from a successful patrol ! |
| 12 | Battling Boro came back from a 1–0 half-time deficit to take the semi-final into extra time through a fine goal by Bernie Slaven . |
| 13 | He came back from a serious back injury last season , but was injured again at the weekend . |
| 14 | In midweek , Northern Rail ( Mick O'Brien , Jimmy Knowles , Tommy Garner ) came back from a 20 deficit to win 3-2 against Hornby Road Sports , who suffered their first setback of the season . |
| 15 | Instead , they must now battle back from a 2-1 deficit after he punched the Glasgow club 's equaliser into his own net in the first leg of the all-British second round tie . |
| 16 | It would be great to bounce back from a temporary aberration and get into the Third Division . |
| 17 | She had drawn back from a direct confrontation again , Guy realised . |
| 18 | ( The battalion got back from a six-month tour there in April — our second Caribbean posting in nine years . ) |
| 19 | The tank has 50 kg each of coral sand and gravel and 300 kg of rock , which Jay brought back from a local quarry . |
| 20 | Erlich came close to her , kneeling on the rug he knew that Harry had brought back from a fast run to Beirut . |
| 21 | Outside stood a young man in oilskins , the hood blowing back from a soaking tangle of brown hair blackened by the rain , and one hand gripping a duffel bag . |
| 22 | The first was coming back from a fruitless wait for Gríshnakh the orc , dead and burnt that same day , with the smoke from his burning ‘ seen by many watchful eyes ’ . |
| 23 | In a marathon match Harlow defeated his Ely club colleague Kevin King by 9–8 , 7–9 , 9–8 , coming back from a 8–6 deficit to engineer a last-end three . |
| 24 | McKenzie looked as if he might have done enough to retain his crown after coming back from a ninth-round crisis in which he was floored by a two-punch combination to the body . |
| 25 | Saussure , third on Mont Blanc , had to turn back from a surveying expedition when his 17 guides mutinied , throwing his food down the mountain ! |
| 26 | That was Turner 's prize for fighting back from a broken leg that threatened his young career last year . |
| 27 | When an echo from a distant object finally arrives back at the bat , it will be an " older " echo than an echo that is simultaneously arriving back from a near object . |
| 28 | He was young and very beautiful ; brown hair springing back from a broad forehead , blue eyes dark as pansies , a smooth , curling , sulky mouth . |
| 29 | now when it comes to hard luck stories … or ripping sporting yarns … the tale of Oxford University 's Audley Lumsden takes some beating … on Tuesday at Twickenham he wins his blue in the annual varsity game … some achievement for a man who 's fought back from a broken neck and two fractured ankles |
| 30 | ‘ It is better than my earlier victory over Terry Griffiths because I played much better , ’ said Higgins , who produced a mature break of 99 in the eighth frame to kill off Terry 's revival as he battled back from a 3-0 deficit . |