Example sentences of "[v-ing] back the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 2 | That , too , she managed to turn into a joke , while keeping back the unwelcome sighting of Robert . |
| 3 | There were about a dozen writers in hospitality , most of them busy knocking back the hard stuff . |
| 4 | ‘ But , like it or not , we were there and involved in it , and looking back the amazing thing for me is I 'm sitting here , breathing , after all that . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , he did , ’ Lady Isabella spoke up , pushing back the black veil from her face . |
| 6 | Many of his suggestions were taken up , including pushing back the 17th tee boxes and steeply bunkering the green so as to oblige the player to pitch his second ‘ enabling him to stay on the green ’ , already notoriously difficult to stay on once reached . |
| 7 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
| 8 | Hari sat down and put her basket on the floor , pushing back the white cloth , she was well used to the way Cleg and his wife carried on , it did n't mean a thing . |
| 9 | ‘ People were turning around and going back the other way , which was extremely dangerous . |
| 10 | Going back the other way , those needles which just knitted will rest and only the other ones will knit ; for example , going from right to left the first and alternate needles KNIT , going back from left to right , the second and alternate needles knit . |
| 11 | If we put more oxygen in , it might start going back the other way . |
| 12 | I 'm going going back the other way . |
| 13 | They 're going back the other way . |
| 14 | I suppose me Dan and Honey 'll be going back the cheap way . |
| 15 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 16 | And , turning back the net curtain in his wee front parlour , caught sight of what he took to be a torchlight procession . |
| 17 | ‘ But , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for the moment we are concerned with the Conablaiche , and with turning back the First Herald . |
| 18 | However the Velcro entrance to this compartment is only 3in long which can make stuffing back the bivvy bag a bit of an effort . |
| 19 | But I do see the project quality plan being extremely valuable because you will be feeding back the front part of the quality plan to the client and explaining the extras that you 're going to do , or the constraints within which you 're working . |
| 20 | The latter is an evocative nature ballad and a poignant portrait of the artist at sunset but the forecast says Cash will be mining riches and holding back the black night for many years to come . |
| 21 | Time now to put out the stuff from the back of the shelves , holding back the normal fare until everyone is back on the treadmill again . |
| 22 | But you , only you I am afraid , yes , only you out of everyone here , are holding back the entire production . |
| 23 | It was perhaps the argument that this imposition of middle-class morality was holding back the British cinema which led to the matter becoming an issue of public concern . |
| 24 | ‘ Because you 're a landlord , I suppose , ’ I said , holding back the next thing I had been going to say and then deciding he might not mind . |
| 25 | This means restraint in public spending and holding back the natural enthusiasm of a clutch of new ministers to open the purse strings . |
| 26 | He ‘ ran moulds ’ ( carried ready-moulded articles into the drying-room , afterwards bringing back the empty mould ) from the very beginning . |
| 27 | I get to my feet and go over to the window , easing back the soft material , looking at the houses opposite in the half-light . |
| 28 | Easing back the stained coverlet , Katherine slowly swung her legs out of bed , and then remained motionless for a few moments , resisting the urge to throw up . |
| 29 | The billowing white fog , reflecting back the glaring head lamps , swallowed him up . |
| 30 | And coming back the other way . |