Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] back on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 2 | Listen to the Ink Spots , watch Paris , Texas for the eighth or ninth time , shut the doors and lie back on those same damp pillows . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | we 're going on the Friday morning and coming back on this |
| 5 | Additional proposals include setting up an emergency fund to save buildings or sites for the nation and another for historic gardens ( two proposals which have met with approval ) , and cutting back on conservation grants , principally repair grants made to local authorities , amounting to £9.5 million annually , half of which has been on a pound-for-pound basis . |
| 6 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 7 | While the preparatory drafts , drawn up in Rome before the Council opened and very largely rejected by the fathers , had made heavy use of scholastic terminology and not much of Scripture — as was generally characteristic of pre-conciliar theology — the Council almost systematically reversed this , eliminating scholastic terms again and again and falling back on biblical ones . |
| 8 | It is possible , however , to start off with good intentions , but to slip back on all these important elements once the pressure of circumstances begins to dictate . |
| 9 | But think back on that night in January , |