Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] back a " in BNC.

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1 Upwind , however , the daggerboard is still kept in the down position , though in extreme conditions it needs to be moved back a few centimetres .
2 A constant stream of US dollar notes would need to be sent from America , only to be sent back a little at a time in individual parcels as above .
3 It seemed far too insignificant to be holding back a lake large enough to stretch from London to the Scottish borders .
4 — JOHN Davison 's European title challenge to Fabrice Benichou , scheduled for May 15 in France , is set to be put back a fortnight .
5 You' 11 find that after a few accumulated hours of stunting , one handle will have to be held back a little from the other to hold the overhead soaring position of the kite .
6 If , furthermore , you wished to sell us a narrow strip of your garden to allow the shelter to be set back a little from the pavement , we could consider providing a fence along your full frontage as part of the accommodation works .
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