Example sentences of "[noun pl] back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Among certain groups living in southern Africa the labia can be as long as seven inches and the owners of such equipment have to push the lips back into the vaginal opening in order to get on with their daily tasks . |
| 2 | That is , they translate words back into the same modality of bodily experience from which those who spoke the words derived them from within their own bodies . |
| 3 | John Lennon , the leader of Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition , who was briefly a member of an unsuccessful group called The Quarrymen back in the 1960s , was apparently asked if he wanted to reform to appear on the bill . |
| 4 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 5 | ‘ Here we go again , ’ said Bodie , as he put the Capri in gear and slid smoothly out into the traffic flow , taking up a surveillance position four cars back from the battered , blue van . |
| 6 | Then , once the revs increase above 4000 , the valve opens to link all six air intakes and turn the separate units back into a straight six engine . |
| 7 | If Jitters did n't have a wife and kids back in the old country — which , come to think of it , he probably did n't these days — he might just have dragged Fat Old Stinky Juanita up before the padre and tied the old knot . |
| 8 | The shop was started by the Neal brothers back in the 1870s . |
| 9 | However , once these new languages and varieties had become established in the Caribbean , the same phenomenon of migration took their speakers back to the original " homeland " of the lexifier language , English . |
| 10 | Roland turned his eyes back to the shadowy desk . |
| 11 | Not bothering to put the designs back into the black plastic cylinder , Paul stuffed them under his arm . |
| 12 | A lack of vision has pegged Rovers back in the last month , plus diligent homework by the likes of Spurs … not any fall from grace on Shearer 's part . |
| 13 | Seaweed and my parents back from the dead and objects come alive and sort of leer at me and sometimes I joyfully feel as if I 'm going to sink to the bottom of the ocean forever , but I wake up and then I do n't know what 's real . |
| 14 | Eisler traces our prehistoric origins back to a goddess-worshipping people , for whom ‘ feminine ’ values of nurturing and sharing were revered , and who based their relationships on partnership rather than domination . |
| 15 | These associations can often trace their origins back to the nineteenth century when they were , under different names , primarily concerned with giving relief in cash and kind to families in distress . |
| 16 | Also , both the vicarage and Rectory farm can trace their origins back to the 1500's . |
| 17 | With a controlled distributor system , the spirits range and its own TV airtime , PTGI — and Guinness in Indonesia — is moving on still further from its origins back in the 1970s . |
| 18 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 19 | Tabitha sat up fast , jerking her hips back from the snarling Perk . |
| 20 | Jean Nicot , the French ambassador to Portugal who sent tobacco seeds back to the French court in 1560 , has a lot to answer for ! |
| 21 | We have no problem going in , but if we are caught or seen then Odd-Knut will not be allowed to bring his dogs back without a lengthy and expensive quarantine . |
| 22 | Draw battlefield nuclear weapons back from the front line . |
| 23 | Some earlier teams collecting wild cocoa had lost 50 per cent or more of their material by attempting to send it directly to distant breeding centres ; our intention was to bring the collections back to a local base for propagation and planting . |
| 24 | Then skim off the fat , pour the juices back into the roasting tin and bubble them up . |
| 25 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 26 | The first players then have to blow the balloons back for the second person to take over . |
| 27 | Having built their cult reputation four years back on a rib-tickling broadside against bar-room self-aggrandisement called ‘ Preposterous Tales In The Life Of Ken McKenzie ’ and the hilariously deadpan ‘ Three English Football Grounds ’ , this South London duo now augment their tinny beatbox-plus-guitar formula with throbbing keyboard moodscapes as in current single ‘ We Stand Around ’ , the most unnerving paean to soccer obsessives ever recorded . |
| 28 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 29 | And it , kind of faces both ways , it , it looks back to the early period of the development of Freud 's thought that we 've already spoken about , and its beginnings back in the eighteen nineties , and in certain other respects , it looks forward , to the kind of revolution that was going to occur after World War Two . |
| 30 | The governor had moved his guests back from the illuminated pedestal to show the line and glazing of the Ming vase to its best advantage , and because he had turned his head in their direction to explain a point , he did n't see the gibbon streak across the marble floor on all fours . |