Example sentences of "in a [noun] [to-vb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you in a rush to get back ? ’ |
| 3 | Sarum is fancied for the Petworth Handicap ( 3.30 ) and Plain Fact , never in a position to peg back Wanda at Lingfield Park recently , may have too much pace for his rivals in the Conflans Handicap ( 5.0 ) . |
| 4 | We have returns so far from sixty five per cent of the schools and we expect to have the remaining schools before the end of the month , I would n't expect it to change from where we are at the moment but if there was a significant variation then I will be in a position to report back to the Policy Committee at the end of the month but I 'm , I 'm not expecting that need be the case . |
| 5 | Tottenham had to thank another youngster for keeping them in a position to fight back . |
| 6 | The pair are to leave their families at their Wirral homes and motor hundreds of miles in a race to bring back the first bottles of Beaujolais to Liverpool . |
| 7 | SPOT the dog is a greyhound in a million — he 's beaten cancer , and this weekend will resume his racing career in a bid to pay back some of the costs of two major operations that saved his life . |
| 8 | The mother has written to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to win back her child . |
| 9 | Even the sun was in a hurry to get back to Sandwich that Sunday . |
| 10 | She 's in a hurry to get back to New York . ’ |
| 11 | A rehabilitated Norman Tebbit has been brought into the front line in an attempt to win back defecting C2s , the skilled workers and their families , who helped Mrs Thatcher win three elections . |
| 12 | John Hoerner , who became Burton 's chief executive 12 months ago , plans to upgrade the group 's 1,700 high street stores and 88 Debenhams branches in an attempt to win back customers . |
| 13 | With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election . |
| 14 | Celia screwed up her face in an effort to think back . |