Example sentences of "[vb -s] back the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 2 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 3 | The sooner DOL gets back the better IMO . |
| 4 | The defence infused a breathless energy into every move ; they bustled the northern cracks into comparative impotence ; they beat back this magnificent fighting line which has been the terror of a dozen clubs as a break-water hurls back the lashing waves . |
| 5 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 6 | ‘ I warn you — I 'm not going to pull any punches , ’ Howard tells Miriam when she comes back the following week with the film crew . |