Example sentences of "could [vb infin] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future … |
| 2 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 3 | If he could root back through the maze of moment and incident , would he find premonitory signs sticking out like dire figurations of chicken entrails ? |
| 4 | I would therefore be grateful if you could refer back to the letter I wrote and respond as best you can . |
| 5 | It would be logical to expect an author to cite his thesis in his first related paper , so that readers could refer back to the original source . |
| 6 | They drew the eye to One Tree Hill , now forested over , and from this clump , at Chested , he could look back over the top of Chiddingstone Castle to another clump at Mark Beech beyond . |
| 7 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 8 | He parted some ferns so we could look back across the Paddock to the changing-rooms where the next toy soldier had just launched himself towards the Orchard . |
| 9 | Occasionally , we could look back to The Smiths . |
| 10 | Even then the older amongst them could look back to the early 1790s when debate about , and the practice of , abstention from slave-grown colonial sugar was claimed by Clarkson to have drawn in about 300,000 families . |
| 11 | He said it abruptly , his body twisted round so that he could look back at the hotel . |
| 12 | Perhaps he could run back into the Romano-British Collection , gibbering . |
| 13 | Why , she asked , did n't they form a small subcommittee to inquire into the identity of this young author , and , when they had discovered it , they could report back to the rest of the members , and they could then discuss what action should be taken . |
| 14 | She was glad when her work was done and she could walk back to the farm , filling her lungs with the keen moorland air . |
| 15 | Hungry and cold would have to wait until I could go back to the cafe , dirty was obviously going to be more of a problem . |
| 16 | She could go back to the Rosenblooms , to the big house outside Glasgow where she had lived as one of the family for twelve years . |
| 17 | ‘ I could go back to the house and look for it , ’ he offered in desperation . |
| 18 | The crypt ( which could go back to the first basilica to be built on the site , in the ninth century AD ) , should be completely restored within a year . |
| 19 | I could go back to the Happy Isles and see what little Moby was up to . |
| 20 | Yes … well , perhaps we could go back to the study . |
| 21 | Do you think we could go back to the villa ? ’ |
| 22 | Do you wish you could go back to the good old days ? |
| 23 | And when that 's right , but when , when we went on our clothes buying jaunt , we could go back to the car |
| 24 | We could go back to the car that 's it |
| 25 | Wood engravings can accompany type , and so once again pictures could go back on the page ; they were also very durable , so that runs of hundreds of thousands were possible . |
| 26 | You could , you could go back on the Permitabs if you want . |
| 27 | There , as there was no performance on a Monday , I could get back to the melin on Sunday morning and not have to leave before Tuesday afternoon . |
| 28 | For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone . |
| 29 | ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps if she hurried she could get back to the complex in time for Miguelito 's spot . |