Example sentences of "they [verb] back a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 2 | When they came back an hour and a quarter later , the meal seemed scarcely begun . |
| 3 | In Newham the cost of services continued to rise slightly to the time of the third assessment , but in Ipswich they dropped back a little . |
| 4 | On the league front , Eurodata collected their first point of the season in division one when they pulled back a 3-1 deficit against Stretton Lucas ( Curry , Hughes , Clements ) to draw a 3-3 draw , with Chris Melia ( 2 ) and Neil Smith scoring . |
| 5 | United took off Lee Nogan and brought on Mark Stein and just when the game seemed to be slipping from their grasp , they pulled back a vital goal through Martin Foyle . |
| 6 | The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the Germans , whose courage they admired . |
| 7 | They go back a long way . |
| 8 | They go back a month today . |
| 9 | And I think they sat back a little bit , you know , and maybe tried to defend the three nothing lead . |