Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was to try to bring back the spirit of entrepreneurship that I thought people in these neighbourhoods would be inclined towards if the right environment were established . ’ |
| 2 | But with this , as with council-house building , no real attempt was made to turn back the clock on processes that were ultimately totally to transform the character of Britain 's housing market . |
| 3 | She was going to take back the night . |
| 4 | Round the final bend he was still several lengths down but was beginning to claw back the deficit , and at ‘ Le Bullfinch ’ , two fences out , he was second . |
| 5 | They had built up the industry on cheap labour , and their only answer to the challenge of foreign competition was to attempt to cut back the limited improvements in wages and hours which had been secured during and immediately after the war . |
| 6 | Like Franco , Arrese was trying to hold back the march of history . |
| 7 | The company was ordered to pay back the money by the EC , which ruled that the benefits constituted illegal State aid . |
| 8 | This year , a huge worldwide advertising campaign was launched to bring back the lost visitors , to a ‘ new , kinder , more ethnically integrated ’ country . |