Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grinned , and the porter grinned back . |
| 2 | The porter came back . |
| 3 | The porter drew back his hand and rubbed his mouth with the back of his wrist . |
| 4 | I had knocked on the wall in code , one knock for a , two for b , and I knocked Dave Jacobsen , A U B , and the response came back , Frank Reed , I C. |
| 5 | Having borrowed money to maintain their vast estates they found that the estates were too inefficient to generate the income to pay back the loans . |
| 6 | ‘ In preparing this Address I had the opportunity to reflect back over the last thirty years , reliving those working days when wages were extremely low , working conditions poor and when in industry a person 's life was cheap . |
| 7 | So you would still be able to identify targets but those targets may become a bit more general , I E because in the past the landlord as a class had always sided with the Kuomintang then i it gives you the opportunity to go back and attack them , almost the landlords per se in a way you could n't during the Japanese war because clearly loyal landlords were fighting the Japanese . |
| 8 | er but then everybody in in working at 's had the opportunity to feed back |
| 9 | I attend the Assembly as a Member of this House and I should like the opportunity to report back to the House , during a proper debate , on what I am doing in the Council of Europe . |
| 10 | Well as a the reflector is they actually learn from situations where they get the opportunity to sit back to watch to think about what 's being said so they digest in information for themselves . |
| 11 | This was viewed as the opportunity to cut back on staff costs . |
| 12 | After the completion of his second term as governor in 1975 , he was unemployed and had the opportunity to trail back and forth across the country making contact with local and state party leaders , raising financial support and fashioning a personal organization . |
| 13 | This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard . |
| 14 | Would the minister like to say , like to welcome that initiative but also to ensure that the money which the South Thames tech are going to be able to put into that will be able to continue and not only continue in that one but to allow the increase of this after school provision so that those many women in my constituency and who , the many women in South London who are unemployed , will have the opportunity to get back to work and get back to training with that very necessary provision for child care . |
| 15 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
| 16 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |
| 17 | Mr Ashford said the exams harked back to those of the 1950s when memory was all that mattered and certain sections of right-wing politicians were totally committed to them . |
| 18 | And it raises money to help the Wellington come back to life — highly recommended . |
| 19 | The Prince went back to the bible and put his hand on it . |
| 20 | The Prince sat back , irritated by the man 's manner . |
| 21 | The Prince turned back . |
| 22 | The prince leaned back in his chair , and waited , and wondered . |
| 23 | The base goes back to the RAFin SEptember 94. it 's not yet known what will be done with the land but many local people hope it 'll be used the upper H |
| 24 | The wizard jumped back , wrenching his features into a smile . |
| 25 | In the second period the Wildcats came back strongly , clawing back the deficit … but not enough to stop the Milton Keynes Kings from crowning their day with a 12-8 victory |
| 26 | Tipping the handgrip back to the vertical allows the mercury to flow back into the bottom of the cup , so breaking the contact . |
| 27 | At the door , the Scotsman turned back . |
| 28 | Indeed , when the bruises came back they were larger , more ragged . |
| 29 | It will only be the fourth year before the accounts go back to independent examination . |
| 30 | The trial continues back at Bristol Crown Court tomorrow . |