Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] back on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political consequences are first increasing loss of control and crumbling of the party apparatus , next the state 's need to fall back on the army and police to preserve its own existence , public order and , it claims , the chance of imposing painful economic reforms . |
| 2 | I asked one member of a church planting team to look back on the experience . |
| 3 | Often , when I was cycling through the camp after coming off duty , I would spy Thursby in the distance beavering along , head down against the gale , full of eagerness to get back on the job and spot any mistakes we had made during his absence . |
| 4 | He felt mercifully isolated and stopped for a while to lean back on the lower bank of fell . |
| 5 | ‘ We would have preferred an earlier chance to get back on the rails , ’ admitted Thompson , whose side 's defeat ended a run of six consecutive wins . |
| 6 | The final sweaty pull up the eroded rocky path to the summit plateau of Ingleborough was warm work and it was a relief to lie back on the dry grass , rucksack for a pillow . |
| 7 | Gerry 's champing at the bit to get back on the box |
| 8 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |
| 9 | The glider dived almost vertically and I was just in time to pull back on the stick so that we hit the ground in a level attitude without any damage . |
| 10 | ‘ We have gone 10 matches without a win and it 's time to get back on the road . |