Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] back on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , increase plant protein and cut back on animal sources of protein , which are high in saturated fat . |
| 2 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 3 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 4 | This group — and there were some sterling institutions reportedly among the participants — would have trimmed USL down to its core operating system , dumped the loss-making language sector , sold off the $5m-a-year Tuxedo line that some insiders consider a crown jewel and cut back on ES/MP which everybody wanted and no one is buying . |
| 5 | With a burgeoning caseload , too few judges , and increasing delays the courts may be tempted to block the further development of the law and to cut back on the advances already made . |
| 6 | She tried another and another , until finally the receiver was firmly removed from her grasp and replaced back on its cradle . |
| 7 | and we 're , we 're going on the Friday afternoon and coming back on the Monday afternoon . |
| 8 | ‘ Press down with your left foot and pull back on the green lever , then , ’ said the Thing . |
| 9 | A flicker of interest there as she downed her slammer and rocked back on her haunches , but only at about Mark 5 on the Richter Scale . |
| 10 | The group suggest that , in return , farmers be offered a range of financial incentives for countryside conservation , such as leaving " wildlife corridors " and unmown field headlands , planting appropriate woodland and cutting back on use of pesticides . |
| 11 | Tenderly , she laid the first few bundles in the pail and sat back on her heels , blackened fingers curled , like a housewife waiting for the stove to light . |
| 12 | For Entel South , the Spanish company Telefónica SA paid US$114 million in cash and bought back on Argentina 's behalf US$2,18O million of the country 's foreign debt , with added interest of US$540,000,000 . |
| 13 | He merely gave her shoulder an affectionate nudge and leaned back on a cushion . |
| 14 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 15 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 16 | He opened his jacket and tilted back on his heels . |
| 17 | The world number two saw a splash after topping his drive on La Moraleja 's 414-yard fifth hole , but the ball had only skimmed the surface and finished back on dry land . |
| 18 | I felt like flinging my arms about , twirling , leaping into an aerial somersault and landing back on my feet again . |
| 19 | Each undertook to cover paths and bridleways in the area and to report back on their state . |
| 20 | In the winter time they 'd come out on a Monday morning and came back on Tuesday from Kirkwall . |
| 21 | we 're going on the Friday morning and coming back on this |
| 22 | ‘ Not , ’ said Lydia under her breath and falling back on the cliché , ‘ if I see you first . ’ |
| 23 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |
| 24 | Nenna and the two girls shook off a certain teatime drowsiness and went back on deck , where they stood astounded . |
| 25 | Sleep covered me like an eiderdown which some invisible nurse had picked up from the floor and put back on the bed . |
| 26 | He forced the unhappy plane into an Immelmann turn and dived back on the balloon . |
| 27 | For example , there was a chap I knew who was in Simon House and the rules of the house are that you 've got to stay off the drink , and unfortunately he had a slip and went back on it . |
| 28 | Mr Clarke accused the crews of putting patients ' lives at risk and going back on their promise to take all 999 calls . |
| 29 | The part-empty container is then taken off its rack and put back on the ground briefly to allow the hoses to drain back into it . |
| 30 | She staggered and half fell and , as Raynor caught her , the wolf creature gave a howl of triumph and fell back on its haunches , making a scuttling , circling movement as a cat will make a nest for itself before sleeping . |