Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] back [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 2 | The annual demands to bring back the rope , the murmurings about repatriating immigrants , the calls to purge the nation of social welfare scroungers , were for them a sojourn in purgatory . |
| 3 | The manmade homes to bring back the otter … |
| 4 | In 1991 it passed a packaging ordinance that imposes an obligation on companies to take back the packaging in which goods are transported and sold . |
| 5 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 6 | She felt constrained to sit and light-headed when she rose and crossed the long boards to fold back the shutters and open the windows wide . |
| 7 | Whether your hair has been chemically treated or not , you should take extra rich products to put back the moisture removed by the sun , sea and chlorine . |
| 8 | The Emperor Nero , two thousand years ago , used pigeons to send back the results of the Imperial Games to his friends and relations . |
| 9 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 10 | Last week the deadline for finding eight thousand pounds to pay back a loan from a mortgage company expired . |
| 11 | World snooker champion , Steven Hendry has paid out ten thousand pounds to get back a cue stolen from him . |
| 12 | For example , if a decision is made to build a factory , it might be years before the building is erected , equipped and in operation , and years more before it earns sufficient profits to pay back the investment . |
| 13 | But Melody ( 6-4 fav ) , feeling the strain of a gruelling season , failed by three and a half lengths to pull back the Isle of Man-owned winner . |
| 14 | Attempts to roll back the state in industry ( as well as welfare ) seemed a hopeless task . |
| 15 | The girl raised her hands to put back the veil from her face . |
| 16 | When Czechoslovakia was in terminal crisis she raised money from the Royal Institute of British Architects to bring back a planeload of children from Prague . |
| 17 | Patrick had to signal one of the TV cameramen to move back a bit . |
| 18 | Amidst calls to bring back the birch and to inaugurate ‘ Saturday night floggings ’ for soccer hooligans , Mr William Whitelaw reaffirmed his pledge to toughen up the law by introducing a new regime of short-sharp-shock Detention Centres modelled on the Army ‘ glass house ’ system of physical drill and unrelenting discipline . |
| 19 | Right , er we mentioned at the last meeting that Richard was on our side in our attempts to bring back the schools liaison officers into the fold . |