Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Characteristically Morse sought to swallow back the bitter-tasting fluid that had risen in his gorge ; and the surgeon , with understanding , pulled the rubber sheet over the head again . |
| 2 | There was a lot of ‘ You unreliable bitch ’ and quite a few ‘ selfish ’ and ‘ dopey ’ cracks before Carol managed to fight back a bit and shout , ‘ All right , I 'll get us some food . ’ |
| 3 | He could have sworn Mrs Crumwallis had to bite back a demand for the equivalent in money . |
| 4 | Getting rid of Hunslet is probably 1 reason why Silver wants to buy back the ground . |
| 5 | Women from both sides of the Atlantic continued to push back the frontiers of travel throughout the twentieth century . |
| 6 | De Gaulle was often depicted as a Don Quixote tilting at windmills or King Canute trying to turn back the waves , while the reality was that France was a middle-sized power with no prospect of returning to its Napoleonic glories . |
| 7 | This made her look slightly ridiculous and McKillop had to fight back a smile . |
| 8 | The woman 's face cleared like magic and she smiled back at him , not missing the subtle compliment he had paid her , and Fran had to bite back an urge to grind her teeth . |
| 9 | She bit — savagely at her cuticles again , and McLeish had to fight back the urge to yell at her to stop , for God 's sake . |
| 10 | Two years later , when MGM had the not-so-bright idea of remaking Goodbye Mr Chips as a musical , and UA tried to bring back the British war film with The Battle of Britain ( 1970 ) , the bill for each picture was something like $12 million . |
| 11 | Remembering just in time that this heartless cynic was responsible for getting her out of the clutches of the Gibraltar Police and Customs Service , Polly managed to bite back the caustic retort trembling on the tip of her tongue and stared blankly at the vast selection of starters and main courses . |
| 12 | Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights . |
| 13 | For not only was James trying to hold back a tide , even if a small one , within Scotland . |
| 14 | There may also be a basis of fact , in a planned act of piety , behind the famous story of how Cnut attempted to turn back the waves and then used his failure to demonstrate to his followers the weakness of his power compared with that of the king of heaven . |