Example sentences of "[vb infin] back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all goes according to plan the enemy will fall back into a defensive position to the west of the area , around an airfield . |
| 2 | Curiously enough , it appears that there is no question at all which fits the adjective of a sentence like ( 59 ) closely , so that one must fall back on a metalinguistic one such as ( 60 ) : ( 59 ) the sharks remain dangerous ( 60 ) what did you say about the sharks ? 5.7 Since the property of the postverbal is one which the speaker deliberately chooses to clothe in the guise of an adjective rather than an adverb , it must , as we have already remarked , be one which is capable of being ascribed to the referential locus of the subject phrase . |
| 3 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 4 | He wanted the youth to go away , for in his mind he saw him fall back with a suppressed scream of terror and pain , holding a handkerchief to his face . |
| 5 | The first- and second-person pronouns are typical examples in that they do not refer back to a nominal expression in the text but to the speaker and hearer ( or writer and reader ) respectively . |
| 6 | Instead , they must now battle back from a 2-1 deficit after he punched the Glasgow club 's equaliser into his own net in the first leg of the all-British second round tie . |
| 7 | It did n't hark back to a mythical , puritan past but went super-realistic instead . |
| 8 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 9 | From time to time he would look back with a certain pride at them . |
| 10 | We can look back to a similar situation hundreds of years ago — the taming of knights in the Middle Ages . |
| 11 | He could see the longer teeth at the sides of her mouth and the folds of wet black skin that at any moment would draw back in a threatening snarl . |
| 12 | With the Tories moving on to more radical positions , and the Labour Party now much more centrist , logic seemed to dictate that this kind of Alliance supporter should move back to a Social Democratic outlook identical with that of old Gaitskellites . |
| 13 | When the electric field is released , the dipoles can relax back into a random orientation , but , due to the frictional resistance experienced by the groups in the bulk polymer this will not be instantaneous . |
| 14 | Boro will go back to a 4–5–1 formation to try and hit Swindon on the counter attack . |
| 15 | But I would n't wan na go back to a thirty two A not really . |
| 16 | ‘ All right , ’ the adjutant said , ‘ you can go back to a vulgar free-for-all if you like . |
| 17 | Yet when he says that this change is not deliberate , he raises the fear that he might go back to a Thatcherite policy , if and when he has the chance . |
| 18 | But can you see the people who came to the stepping stones and could n't go across and had to go back the way they 'd already come would n't go back with a very their ego would n't have b been boosted very high . |
| 19 | I 'm bloody glad I 'm out of there , I would n't go back in a million years , of course he 's sitting there with this chinese cup in his hand , |
| 20 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 21 | I read about 3.54 , 4.3 and 3.9 , what do they mean , which is best and will it solve the problem or should I just change back to a standard cam ? |
| 22 | In February , you must trim back to a fat bud . |
| 23 | Erm anyway he he may well come back as a visiting |
| 24 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
| 26 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 27 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 28 | I 've got headphones and everything so you can come back to a certain and take it |
| 29 | For fuck 's sake Dawn you 'd come back to a fucking siege . |
| 30 | It should be thrown out and the electorate should make their views known at a general election so that the Government can come back with a better Bill at a later stage . ’ |