Example sentences of "the [noun] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pitched the tent back from the sea , close to a river . |
| 2 | They were ready to move on the appointed day and , at the end of the summer , they would begin the trek back to the village on their own , as soon as they smelt the smoke of the bonfires in which the thatch and the bedding from the shielings were destroyed , for reasons which today we might classify as ‘ environmental health ’ , but which , to the young folk of the shieling , was almost a ritual . |
| 3 | Franz Thun-Hohenstein had to promise his grand-father Franz Anton and his father Christoph , who died in 1990 , that if Bohemia were ever to become free again , he would take the picture of the Annunciation back to the church of the Holy Cross in Decin . |
| 4 | ‘ Then mummy tells me I ca n't go out and I 'll wheel the bike back into the garage . ’ |
| 5 | The bottom turn should be sharp enough to bring you back up to the top of the wave whereupon you perform what is known as a ‘ cut-back ’ in which you use all your weight on the windward rail to violently turn the board back down the slope of the wave . |
| 6 | For best effect , set the board back from the face of the chimney plaster by about 12 to 25mm , so there 's no problem with cracking at the joint where plaster and hardboard or timber meet . |
| 7 | Incongruously , Giselle was a flabby girl ( parents should think ! ) who could n't screw the top of the coffee jar on straight , could n't put the milk back in the fridge , could n't shut the door . |
| 8 | If a grant is made and there is money or other assets in the estate of the person who has died , this will have to be used to pay the money back to the Social Fund . |
| 9 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 10 | If the government then uses this money to repay the national debt by buying back more bonds and Treasury bills than it issues , this will release the money back into the economy again . |
| 11 | But it 's important to remember that if you do have a grievance , you can only claim the money back from the company you bought the machine from , not the manufacturer . |
| 12 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 13 | Publicity pays and gets the money back from the markets . |
| 14 | He expected to get the money back after the weekend . |
| 15 | ‘ We have got to do a great deal more about restrictions on motor vehicles and give the cities back to the people . |
| 16 | But he has now refused either to grant the long-expected pardon or refer the case back to the Court of Appeal . |
| 17 | The court can remit the case back to the sheriff with a direction that he should remit it to the licensing board to reconsider their decision ( R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church Kirk Session , cit. ) or remit the case to the sheriff to proceed as accords ( Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 ) . |
| 18 | The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on July 12 upheld the August 1990 conviction of former DC mayor Marion Barry for cocaine possession , but referred the case back to the original trial judge for resentencing , on the grounds that the judge had not given sufficient explanation for his decision in October to impose a sentence of six months ' imprisonment . |
| 19 | To refer the case back to the same solicitor who has reported that the case can not now be won , or refer it to a different lawyer ? |
| 20 | Eventually , Maryport Council had to apply for a special nuclear waste disposal licence from the Department of the Environment so that it could legally dump the silt back in the sea again . |
| 21 | And there was silence for a quarter of an hour until he picked up his watch , and put the sketch back on the table . |
| 22 | He shrugged , put the cartridge back into the box , checked the gun and turned to look at me . |
| 23 | The black van was parked under a palm tree waiting to take the prisoners back to the Murate . |
| 24 | It is simply something that must be done ; and , in the same way , I had to get rid of some woman , tip the scales back in the other direction . |
| 25 | This is done by bringing the foot back to the starting position and then striking again equally quickly with the same foot , either to another area of the body or at the opponent 's legs , behind the upper heel , to sweep him to the ground . |
| 26 | On legs that moved numbly and automatically , she climbed the back stairs again and went through the kitchen back to the party . |
| 27 | When you knit with the main bed alone , the sinker plate does more than hold the yarn ; it holds the knitting back against the machine while the needles move forward . |
| 28 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 29 | Eventually these disorders of mood will tend to lead the sufferer back to the substance or processes of primary addiction . |
| 30 | Mildred did her best to arrange the bucket hanging from the back , but it was obviously going to spill the minute they took off , she put the bucket back onto the window-sill , climbed onto the broom first , and then settled the bucket in her lap . |