Example sentences of "back [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and they have forced erm their union to aban or the shop workers have forced their union to abandon its previous policy erm and back opening on the sabbath . |
| 2 | He was looking skywards the way he did as a player : he would flick at the ball with the outside of his left foot while leaning back looking at the sky . |
| 3 | He clawed at the edge of the closing door , but the butt of a lance shoved hard under his ribs heaved him back gasping into the room , and the door closed on his convulsed face . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell her , if she comes back bothering about the hay , she can turn it herself . |
| 5 | A series of international agreements has cut back dumping in the North Sea , to the point where it will be virtually eliminated by 1998 , and outlawed incineration at sea . |