Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of its stealth comes from a design that minimises the chance of radar waves bouncing back the way they came . |
| 2 | A car dealer turned back the mileometer on a car and then put up a notice that the mileage " may not be correct " . |
| 3 | It was in the summer of 1932 that Duke paddled out alone into the biggest swell he had seen in his life , with a stiff offshore from the Koolau mountains pinning back the peaks , which he estimated at thirty feet , as big as the storm waves off Kaena Point . |
| 4 | At this point Shakespeare brings back the Duke , disguised as a Friar , who sets in motion a complex plot involving several substitutions : of Mariana for Isabella , in Angelo 's bed ; of the head of Ragozine , ‘ a most notorious pirate ’ , for Claudio 's ( IV.iii.69 ) . |
| 5 | Literacy campaigns push back the boundaries of ignorance and give people more chance of controlling their own destiny . |
| 6 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 7 | Evidence emerged in July of an illicit operation by a Polish government agency to buy back the country 's foreign debt at a discount , as Poland discussed resheduling its debt repayments to Western banks . |
| 8 | A signal occasion … the steam train turning back the clock . |
| 9 | Now that the preventative works are almost complete , the trust has been able , with the help of a grant from English Heritage and a loan from the National Heritage Memorial Fund to put back the floors . |
| 10 | At the main gate of the palace officials drove back the unauthorized with the unsparing use of long bamboos to clear a passageway . |
| 11 | At the moment of death Jesus hands back the Spirit to God ( Luke 23:46 ) . |