Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PC May did little but keep back the crowds and briefly interview Mrs Holt and George Grimsdale . |
| 2 | Those days she walked slowly , crying already and biting and snuffing back the tears . |
| 3 | In December that year , Nez Perce traded at Kootenae House for the first time , and by 1810 they had obtained sufficient firearms to join the Flathead in a party of 150 that drove back the Blackfoot , whose hostility had plagued initial efforts of traders to penetrate westward . |
| 4 | I was annoyed when came back the last time and I thought oh my goodness I hope I have n't given that woman any annoyance . |
| 5 | She paused a moment , uncertain whether to follow the other two or go back the way they had come . |
| 6 | She opened the door wide and held back the dog , whose tail was beating wildly on the wall behind it . |
| 7 | With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come . |
| 8 | The child becomes frightened and holds back the faeces making the constipation worse ( Levine and Bakow 1976 ) . |