Example sentences of "back and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish with all my heart that I could go back and change that time , but I ca n't , I just ca n't . ’ |
| 2 | So when would be the best time for me to come back and present these ideas to you ? |
| 3 | We should file our record , send copies to the sheriff , go back and tell Chief Justice Fortescue that whatever secret Springall had died with him , and then return to our normal business . ’ |
| 4 | Strachan had been out weeks , and yet came back and lasted 90 mins . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean you think Harry will go back and marry that Cora-Beth girl ? ’ |
| 6 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 7 | And quite quite honestly our top earners are top earners because they wo n't sit back and do one advertising deal a day and say , Hey are n't I clever . |
| 8 | Well you can go back and watch that thing now ca n't you ? |
| 9 | This was the view expressed by Anne Smith about Bellerby Feast which , like so many other traditions , was tottering on the very brink of extinction in 1985 when it was pulled back and had new life breathed into it . |
| 10 | ‘ I must , ’ she cried , and wrenched herself out of his hold , stepping back and holding one hand up in a pleading gesture . |
| 11 | The child 's cognisant acts have the character of perceptions : if an act is done it can not be undone ( ‘ reversed ’ in the jargon ) and so there is no going back and taking another perspective on the question or practical problem . |
| 12 | He 'd come back and make another excuse to keep me hanging around . |
| 13 | Finally , before deciding on a style for your window , stand back and take another look at its size in relation to the rest of the room . |
| 14 | She took no pains to be silent as she turned back and went that way . |
| 15 | Because they are viewed in this light parents may respond with diffidence to those carrying out the assessment of their child and simply reflect back and reinforce professional perceptions . |
| 16 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 17 | Oh , why do n't you make what you 've got cos you 've got a lot of things to make at the moment , and then come back and choose another time , hm . |
| 18 | Well I , he 'll go back and find another door er , er back up to where he lives . |
| 19 | I wanted to search , to come back and find some trace of my father . ’ |
| 20 | He came back and used another word I knew of course but had never heard my father , or any adult , say before . |
| 21 | to go back and get some physiotherapy . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd better get back and get some work done , ’ she said to anybody who was interested . |
| 23 | But those Somerville years remain with us , and the friends , and the ageless dons , some livelier , more liberal , than one ever knew ; and it 's good to go back and recall old times , good and bad . |
| 24 | ‘ The game now is too big to run your own administration in an amateur way , sit back and think big companies are going to come to us ’ . |
| 25 | Later , his parents would look back and see this moment as an early warning of the nightmare that was to consume them . |
| 26 | So you have to go back and have another shirt . |
| 27 | The implications of this discussion is that we should go back and re-evaluate all aspects of the sociology of youth — youth cultures , popular music , education , employment , unemployment , training — in terms of the kinds of assumptions that are being made . |
| 28 | The only reason er top earners are top earners in our company is they do n't sit back and take one deal a day |
| 29 | ‘ It 's certain the van wo n't go under the bridge , ’ said the driver of the van gloomily , coming up , ‘ so we 'll have to go back and take another road . ’ |
| 30 | This involves either going through the transcript with the child 's caretakers and inviting comments and interpretations on specific utterances , or playing the recording back and making detailed notes about movements and activities of the participants during the recording period . |