Example sentences of "[vb base] back for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 2 | There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow . |
| 3 | Go back for a second glance — is that really me ? |
| 4 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |
| 5 | When cutting , err on the large size , then pare back for an accurate fit , leaving the new timber about 3mm proud of the rest of the sill |