Example sentences of "and [vb past] back for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 2 | But Karen lapped it up and came back for more . |
| 3 | The teaching team , many of whom had not been involved in community interpreting before , rose to the challenge and fought , argued and demanded and came back for more . |
| 4 | They had had many rows like this , and it was a measure of how far their relationship had come that Edward , while sometimes scorched by the depth of Erica 's cynicism , fought his corner without descending into rage and came back for more . |
| 5 | Eventually he limped into the channel , recovered his breath , and went back for more . |
| 6 | ‘ I can manage , ’ he said brusquely , threw them down , and went back for more . |
| 7 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 8 | Around fifty works of art will include : four Eastern Zhou bronze vessels dating from the fifth century BC , cast in two different alloys of bronze and inlaid with a design incorporating small pieces of malachite , paste and copper wire ; a bronze male figure of the third to fourth century BC , supporting a candlestick ; of a similar date and from a royal treasury is a bronze and silver ox inlaid with a complex pattern of curved scrolls ; a gold and turquoise garment-hook in the form of three intertwined dragons ; a group of Tang figures including an ochre camel in unglazed earthenware ; and a twelfth-century carved wooden figure of a seated Bodhisattva , last shown in London at Eskenazi 's in 1972 and purchased back for this exhibition . |
| 9 | The girl shut her eyes and gripped back for dear life . |