Example sentences of "[vb -s] back on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He looks back on a stimulating and happy relationship with his fellow Board members . |
2 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
3 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
4 | Statement B seems to admit the greatest amount of contingency into the determination of outcomes , but nevertheless still falls back on a tendential law to explain how racism is reproduced . |
5 | Although new names have produced the successes , Longman falls back on the old to consolidate the same . |
6 | He falls back on the popular device for explaining why the working class fail to live up to what is expected of them — they are reduced to mindless automatons , responding only to right-wing media messages . |
7 | All of whom have been second-guessed by Ollie , who romps his plodmobile ( definitely not a Lagonda ! ) gaily down the Bayswater Road , barrels up Piccadilly , even throttles back on the vacant Euston Road to give the competition a sporting chance . |