Example sentences of "we [vb base] back a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there , for the time being , let us leave Vic Wilcox , while we travel back an hour or two in time , a few miles in space , to meet a very different character . |
| 2 | We will back an enhanced role for the International Atomic Energy Agency in inspecting nuclear sites and for the UN Security Council in acting against those nations which break their non-proliferation obligations . |
| 3 | We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call . |
| 4 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
| 5 | We go back a long way . ’ |
| 6 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |
| 7 | If we go back a few years , I do n't know how many people remember before we had DOPACS , I remember when projects used to come into the group from on high , they used to filter through the organization , until they landed on somebody 's desk who was actually supposed to carry out the work . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean that we go back a long way , and yes , there 's a very special relationship between us , but that 's because … ’ another pause , and he raked his fingers through his hair in a helpless , frustrated gesture ‘ … it was her sister I fell in love with all those years ago . ’ |
| 9 | I mean at one stage we go back a hundred years — back to Dalton he thought of his atoms as being fundamental entities that could never be broken up , whereas now we know that an atom is a very complicated structure and we can measure things about atoms , we can measure the distribution , we can where the electrons and so on are . |
| 10 | Of course we go back an awful long way do n't we ? |
| 11 | Do you mind if we move back a bit ? |