Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Indeed , when the bruises came back they were larger , more ragged . |
| 3 | In 1598 , the estates reverted back to Maximilian Dalison , although it was not until 1601 , that he regained his full inheritance , and it is unlikely that he spent much on the maintenance of the buildings as it appears he was always short of cash . |
| 4 | Instead of scurrying away to hide in the weeds , the ducks came back . |
| 5 | Quacking and complaining , the ducks hopped back into the water and swam away . |
| 6 | Bomber Command never overcame the problem of the weather , right to the bitter end , and right to the end the Germans fought back . |
| 7 | Although the Germans bounced back with a 4-1 defeat of Uruguay four days later , the Brazilian experience has left its scars . |
| 8 | But the chances of Paris opening the decade with a momentous show were always dashed when the Germans held back the three most significant new cars still due this year — the new Audi 100 and BMW 3-series in a matter of weeks and the Mercedes S-Class by months . |
| 9 | It was strange having a sickle between her legs after all these months , but the reactions came back . |
| 10 | The guards were changed and the prisoners settled back onto the luggage racks or the floor or the upright wooden seats to sleep . |
| 11 | It was a hard-fought battle on both sides , but eventually the Orcs began to gain the upper hand , and the knights fell back before them . |
| 12 | The Austrians , by weight of numbers , won the day ; the Russians fell back and held their foe only some 18km/ 11mls from Lublin . |
| 13 | The researchers went back to first principles by making a detailed mechanical analysis of Diatryma 's head . |
| 14 | Recently released Home Office papers in fact show that the authorities drew back from prosecuting even the most blatant cases of anti-semitic propaganda both before and during the Second World War despite the fact that it was ostensibly being fought to destroy Hitlerism . |
| 15 | If the monies are not claimed after a further period ( usually 6 or 12 years ) then the bidder will be released from its payment obligation and the moneys paid back to it . |
| 16 | In 1921 the employers won back the 5 per cent concession made in 1920 to the woollen workers and successfully reduced the cost of jiving addition to wages , paid since the First World War , over the next four years . |
| 17 | The signals reflected back from solid objects like these skulls form an image which can be enhanced by a computer . |
| 18 | When they heard it the sepoys threw back their heads and uttered a howl so piercing , so harrowing that every window in the Residency must have dissolved if they had not been already broken . |
| 19 | It paid dividends and , as the scheme grew , many of the beneficiaries came back in order to help others . |
| 20 | The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry . |
| 21 | People had been awe-struck by the pictures sent back to earth by Voyager 2 of arid lifeless planets and moons . |
| 22 | The pictures sent back to earth tell an important environmental story . |
| 23 | The eyes shifted back and forth like a metronome . |
| 24 | The probes sent back |
| 25 | Graham has already complained in his programme notes about the lack of support at Highbury — yesterday the fans hit back . |
| 26 | Cheering , in wild enthusiasm and their best clothes still , the clansmen swung back aboard their galleys , and heaved them round and away again , a sight happier than when they 'd gone to Inveraray . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't care if you 're the bloody mayor himself ! ’ one of the traders shouted back . |
| 28 | In the 56th minute Susan Fraser put Britain ahead , but the Koreans hit back to send the match into extra-time . |
| 29 | Obsessed as the Legion was with tradition , many of the songs harked back to Indo-China and Algeria , to when a man could expect to serve his entire contract without seeing Europe . |
| 30 | The songs came back to her now , and she thought of all the things she had n't had : a junior prom , dates , valentines , flowers . |