Example sentences of "[vb -s] back [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one looks back at the text-books and review papers written about psychobiology during t , his period one finds that they were largely preoccupied with topics like motivation and emotion . |
| 2 | He glances back at the stones of the air shaft . |
| 3 | Andy gives a small smile , takes the empty glass from her and heads back through the crowds to the kitchen . |
| 4 | It has stuck to an antiquated way of operating that harks back to the days of guild power , and has refused to countenance criticism . |
| 5 | Another famous hillside figure harks back to the days when , according to legends , giants walked the land . |
| 6 | One can not help but reflect on how much all of this emerging artistry stems back to the exhibitions of Tom Van Sant 's work in the USA and UK during 1976 . |
| 7 | The eventual sacking of Charman largely stems back to the rows with Allison during the recording of the album . |
| 8 | He comes pounding down the ladder , and grabs the wheel and stampedes back into the waves . |
| 9 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
| 10 | Northampton 's history goes back beyond the Romans — certainly to the Iron Age and settlements of that time can be found in and around the town . |
| 11 | His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters . |
| 12 | If the poem goes back to the origins of religion , it also goes back to the origins of society and language . |
| 13 | If the poem goes back to the origins of religion , it also goes back to the origins of society and language . |
| 14 | The answer goes back to the origins of the Hungarian nation and tells us something about its individuality . |
| 15 | If the right hon. Gentleman goes back to the incidents to which he was referring , he will find that they were not ones that could naturally and immediately be followed by a statement . |
| 16 | The origin of the equivalence principle goes back to the experiments of Galileo . |
| 17 | If there are no more loans to be entered , the user presses the RETURN key and goes back to the options list . |
| 18 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 19 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 20 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 21 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 22 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 23 | Of course , the concept of a liberal education goes back to the Greeks , and Newman 's lectures and books were only one more interpretation of an idea which as Rothblatt ( 1976 ) clearly shows has demonstrated a remarkable adaptability and longevity . |
| 24 | In thesimpler organisms , the feedback signal goes back to the boundaries on which the stimuli impinge . |
| 25 | It goes back to the days when people used to worship heavenly bodies as gods . |
| 26 | Another speculation is that this odd behaviour ( to humans ) is a genetically controlled one that goes back to the days of the giant ground sloths . |
| 27 | This goes back to the days when there were hop gardens at the rear of the pub , and picking was done by gipsy families ( shant being an old gipsy word , meaning to drink ) . |
| 28 | The very important interest JCI has in the diamond industry goes back to the days when Barney Barnato , together with Cecil Rhodes played an important role in the establishment of De Beers in Kimberley . |
| 29 | The difference , now partly traditional , goes back to the days of tithes , the payment to the Church of one-tenth of the produce of the parish . |
| 30 | It is interesting also that this scheme goes back to the roots of the Elim movement . |