Example sentences of "[vb base] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clients will announce their intentions to the group , and then report back the following week . |
| 2 | Every household of eunuchs has a network of informers — sweepers , dhobis , midwives — who report back the imminent births and marriages in their district . |
| 3 | No , that 's nothing , call off the men in the white coats , send back the padded van , we 've got our own first-aid kit . |
| 4 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
| 5 | You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it . |
| 6 | It was still convenient to hold that the Labour Party relied on a " left " Party " which will stand between the Communist Party and the Labour Party and hold back the British workers from following the revolutionary policy of the Communist International " . |
| 7 | ( e ) Bend back the lower end and use the knife to lift a sliver of pith to reveal the swelling of the embryo bud . |
| 8 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 9 | We also welcome back a former club captain , Trevor ‘ Killer ’ Proby ( 52 ) after a four-year suspension . |
| 10 | In addition to explaining the risks of financial loss , the warning notice also explains a number of key aspects of the operation of futures markets which may not be readily apparent to the private investor such as : ( 1 ) The treatment of collateral and the fact that a customer may lose a proprietary interest in the collateral and not receive back the same assets that he deposited . |
| 11 | you do is hang it over on the clothes line , stand back a few inches , just give it an even spray , |
| 12 | Will he also use this opportunity to give a categorical pledge that under no circumstances will he lift the ceiling on national insurance contributions , because that would , in effect , claw back the extra pay that teachers gained yesterday ? |
| 13 | That 's what you 've indicated , so how do people claw back the bad position that they were in before ? |
| 14 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 15 | Interest cover was already strong and is now at nearly ten times patently er , a very healthy level and whether or not you add back the good will on other er , acquisitions , I dare say the ratio is at a very low level indeed . |
| 16 | Remember back a few issues ( UX No 363 ) when Gain Technology , the multimedia start-up that used to call itself Cayenne Systems , was talking about giving the IBM/Apple joint venture a run for its money and persuading IBM to adopt its technology ? |
| 17 | ( b ) Draw back the spent punch , using this action to bring the knee forwards and up . |
| 18 | We will back an enhanced role for the International Atomic Energy Agency in inspecting nuclear sites and for the UN Security Council in acting against those nations which break their non-proliferation obligations . |
| 19 | Tie off above the implant , push back the scooped-out soil and that part of the job is done . |
| 20 | And , even more unexpectedly , change back a few pages later ? |
| 21 | Bring back the armoured car to St Petersburg |
| 22 | Just as the early European explorers of the North Atlantic would bring back the tusks of narwhals and pass them off as the horns of unicorns , so would the early Arabian and Indian sailors bring back the massive bones of the Cassowary as evidence of the giant " roc " of the Sinbad sagas , or the Garuda bird of Hindu mythology , which is today the symbol of Indonesia 's national airline . |
| 23 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 24 | ‘ Bring back the old bat ’ |
| 25 | With a repayment mortgage , you pay back a monthly sum which is not only a proportion of the outstanding debt but also interest on the remainder . |
| 26 | ‘ Is that also the reason you will assume Fergus 's mantle and go into the Far Future to bind the Apocalypse and turn back the Four Horsemen ? ’ |
| 27 | Collective self-help and co-operative ways of tackling problems go back a long way . |
| 28 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 29 | The assumptions behind this unfortunate word go back a long way . |
| 30 | They go back a long way . |