Example sentences of "[noun pl] back [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only then that he became aware of the stench of fetid breath as the figure drew its lips back over yellowing teeth to snarl at him again ; only then that he saw raging , bloodshot eyes glaring out at him from the hair covered face . |
| 2 | It must be possible to trace these characteristics back to individual properties , and say with confidence that these are what explain them . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 4 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST duo Gary Charles and Terry Wilson today take their first steps back from lengthy injuries . |
| 5 | The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town . |
| 6 | Remedial step : Mick Newell got Blackburn Rovers back to winning ways with two goals against Chelsea yesterday |
| 7 | Israel did not want the refugees back under any conditions and Jordan did not want a refugee body acting independently . |
| 8 | As a precursor to the mayhem which was about to follow at 3.35 pm Mark James had put the Europeans back on level terms when he defeated Mark O'Meara 3 & 2 . |
| 9 | This was made even more attractive by a leading bank 's guarantee to buy the properties back after five years . |
| 10 | Hammocks were comfortable , secure and private Iain MacLaren 's letter ( Points of View , 20 February ) about his experiences as a National Service army medical officer will no doubt bring a flood of memories back to many readers regarding those ‘ halcyon days ’ when they served Queen , or King and country . |
| 11 | I brought my bombs back on many occasions , because I am quite certain we never got anywhere near anything that looked like a target . |
| 12 | Oh , I was n't and erm , the next thing I know I 've nearly fucking been bowled over , sort of the bags in fucking look behind me , so those two fucking bought the bags back down fucking legs and I 've just caught this like running round another , another thing , I thought oh fucking little kid , the next thing I know there 's another one gone pass me like , taken the bags , the handles out of the plastic bags , fucking and it was a girl that was going first this time , so I and sure enough there was a little fucking brat boy coming again , so I just went flying he sort of looked up at me and rubbed his eye like that and carried on running after the . |
| 13 | While there were many conflicts over all the new music ( and dance ) forms ( see , for example , Hustwitt 1983 ) , by the mid-1920s we can see the outlines of a new , laboriously constructed consensus , ‘ hotter ’ and radical elements squeezed out , new techniques smoothed and assimilated within a musical framework with links back to bourgeois traditions , socially centred on ‘ respectable ’ dancing and home-listening , and on traditional kinds of concert and opera-going ( see Frith 1983b ; 1988b ) . |
| 14 | The school aims whenever possible to reintegrate children back into mainstream schools , and is reasonably successful at doing so , especially in the case of primary aged children . |
| 15 | They had seen the knuckles come out of the silken wrapping and the force of it scared their wits back into good manners . |
| 16 | ‘ How practical women are , leading men back to simple realities . |
| 17 | Just when the struggle is most important , my intervention may draw pupils back to earlier parts of their investigation , perhaps even exposing unsuspected or overlooked difficulties , and leave them feeling that they are getting nowhere . |
| 18 | Oxfam says the problem is that while wealthier nations can afford to bring their citizens back in large numbers , there are poorer ones who ca n't . |
| 19 | Finn , grinning , and Francie lit cigarettes and tilted their chairs back on two legs . |