Example sentences of "he [verb] back on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The necessity to provide enough material to fill 20 or so pages of Tinsley 's Magazine each month exerted its own pressure , forcing him to fall back on recent autobiographical and architectural experiences , but appropriately when the novel appeared in book-form in May 1873 to favourable reviews it was the first to bear his name on the title-page . |
| 2 | He 's waitng for him to come back on his bike . |
| 3 | Spencer by now was n't very pleased , Elstree were n't very thrilled about him landing back on the runway either , and with the hydraulic fluid gone , there were no flaps either . |
| 4 | Something in her voice made him ease back on the throttle , decide not to pass the Renault Turbo lorry he 'd been stalking . |
| 5 | A gentle twohanded push on his shoulders caused him to sway back on his heels . |
| 6 | Ken Clarke was my minister of roads and I remember him coming back on more than one occasion with steam coming out of his ears . |
| 7 | See the e the headmaster 's wife see another fella to early retirement last year and they 've let him go back on supply . |
| 8 | Furthermore , when he checked back on the correlation between his simple lix values and the criterion of pooled estimates of difficulty , he found that the figure was 0.92 , which was exactly the same as that obtained from the multiple regression . |
| 9 | When he 's dried out , he goes back on the road , an entertainer for whom the drug of applause and audience-love assuages his insecurity . |
| 10 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
| 11 | Even when he was small , out hunting , and broke his arm , could n't wait until he got back on the horse , used his stock for a sling and rode home . ’ |
| 12 | It 's this thought that remains uppermost in the mind of coach Ian Birtwell as he looks back on those sixteen memorable days in October when Canada came charging so boldly from the ranks of the ‘ possibles ’ to achieve quarter-final status . |
| 13 | He looks back on a stimulating and happy relationship with his fellow Board members . |
| 14 | If only I could he he looks back on his life and he knows the power that he has experienced . |
| 15 | But neither does he fall back on the traditional liberal solution of improving educational provision , since he has no illusions about the difficulties of inculcating the civic virtues necessary for proper development . |
| 16 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 17 | But my father went to America just after the war , and when he came back on the Queen Mary , he brought my mother some nylons , which were not obtainable in Britain at that time . |
| 18 | When he came back on deck she tried once more to make conversation . |
| 19 | As long as he was there , nothing was different , it was all as it had been when he came back on Tuesday , even the baby next door was moaning sleepily , and from the open window in the living-room he could hear a dog helping outside . |
| 20 | Well erm he came back on the twenty fourth , no , never mind that we we 've been to-ing and fro-ing have Asian Associates and I and |
| 21 | When at last he hauled back on the stick the ground was close and rushing up . |
| 22 | Automatically he hauled back on the stick . |
| 23 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 24 | As he climbed back on deck the skipper was waiting . |
| 25 | Blood dripping , he raced back on deck and leaped ashore . |
| 26 | Was he holding back on something ? |
| 27 | There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets . |
| 28 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
| 29 | He collapsed back on the bed , eyes wide and staring at the white ceiling . |
| 30 | Turning round , she stared at him as he lounged back on her bed . |