Example sentences of "[be] [verb] back [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the excitation sequence has been jumped back two steps ( = half the total sequence of four steps ) and the step counter contents must be adjusted . |
| 2 | you 're bringing back that car . |
| 3 | We 're going back thirty years are n't we ? |
| 4 | Oh you 're going back ten years ? |
| 5 | ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation we 're going back this afternoon to have another go . ’ |
| 6 | That 's , that 's , that 's what it was when you , you know , saying you 're coming back next Friday , that 's what it was because father said to me what , what , what erm when is coming so I said well I do n't know . |
| 7 | The team are cutting back hazel bushes to ground level across two acres of woodland . |
| 8 | Generally , then , the basic objective is to build up a strong framework or system of main stems , and to develop lateral side shoots which are pruned back each spring to 3 or 4 inches ( 7.5 or 10cm ) , with a terminal bud pointing in the right direction to fill spaces and gaps . |
| 9 | Its weaving tradition can be traced back several millennia , and there are a number of pile carpets dating from the 15th and early 16th centuries still in existence today . |
| 10 | They may also be carried back one year in most circumstances . |
| 11 | In general , a reasonably safe procedure would be to prune back main stems by a third during the dormant season plus , with shrubs that are well established , a somewhat vigorous removal of old , spent stems before they become senile . |
| 12 | and the rent , when I , I 'm going back six years now , the rent to leave it there for twelve months was only seventy pound a year |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going back this afternoon , ’ Ellen said as they stood at the bar , watched by every eye in the place . |
| 14 | Bernhard Langer , who has steered clear of New Orleans , is keeping his cards close to his chest while the best the rest can hope for is a high enough finish in order to be invited back next year . |
| 15 | Bernhard Langer , who has steered clear of New Orleans , is keeping his cards close to his chest , while the best the rest can hope for is a high enough finish in order to be invited back next year . |
| 16 | Well you said that you 'd be coming back each year did n't you |
| 17 | Er she wo n't be coming back this afternoon . |
| 18 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 19 | I 'll tell you what anyway Jim I 'm coming back next week to er give you a few answers coming out of this fact find so |
| 20 | When she spoke to Guitarist back in 1988 , Jennifer described how landing the job as guitar player on one of the largest tours ever was a dream come true ; how did it feel to be asked back this time ? |
| 21 | Because Sheriff Hamilton is a floating sheriff , the case had to be put back several times to allow him to pass sentence when he was next at Hamilton . |
| 22 | Selahattin Ozberk , who had been booked on an afternoon flight from Heathrow to Istanbul , will now be sent back next Tuesday evening unless another country can be found to accept him . |
| 23 | The tie has been put back 24 hours on police advice as Boro 's near neighbours , Second Division Hartlepool , face Premier League Crystal Palace at home in another third-round tie on the Saturday . |
| 24 | The game has been put back 24 hours so as to avoid a clash with live television transmission of Honved v Manchester United and Rangers v Levski Sofia — so there 's no excuse . |
| 25 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 26 | But hosiery companies are fighting back this Christmas with some flamboyant stockings and tights designed to liven up the festive party season . |
| 27 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |
| 28 | The crevices where the spurs were cut back each year were particularly attractive hiding places for mealy bugs . |
| 29 | Cane pruning is where no permanent branch exists , all canes being cut back each year to provide a vine consisting of entirely new growth . |
| 30 | Losing three months is a far nastier experience than being jolted back two centuries . |