Example sentences of "back [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At the moment of death Jesus hands back the Spirit to God ( Luke 23:46 ) . |
| 2 | In the passage , she stumbled and almost fell , then flung back the door to the bedroom . |
| 3 | You might have thought almost no one would back the successor to an organisation that collapsed in disgrace only months ago after 40 years of misrule . |
| 4 | It would prevent more tragedies like Michael Watson 's and bring back the skill to the game . |
| 5 | It holds back the contribution to the economy of many highly skilled workers . |
| 6 | In 1790 , a cartoon in praise of the French Revolution and the Fail of the Bastille , depicts Liberty handing back the crown to Louis XVI with the words ‘ Receive from Liberty your crown again' ( see Hill , 1965 : 42 ) . |
| 7 | Alastair Goodrum turns back the clock to a high speed dash across England in 1811 . |
| 8 | So , one Member of Parliament 's idea ‘ to have girl muggers whipped ’ would turn back the clock to the 1820s when corporal punishment for women was abolished , whereas another Parliamentary recommendation to ‘ Bring back stocks for hooligans ’ would presumably transport us into the Dark Ages . |
| 9 | Wished she could turn back the clock to when , only a matter of ten days ago , she 'd led a calm and orderly life back in London , in control of her business and her private life … |
| 10 | Tonight , in a special report , we turn back the clock to 1963 . |
| 11 | Mr Scott says turning back the clock to when Thornaby had its own town council , salaried professional officers and support services is no longer credible . |
| 12 | We must contact these people , we must build back the confidence to the unemployed , we 've given these people who are unemployed our good training , we need their expertise to come back and fight again if we 're gon na have any hope for the future . |
| 13 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
| 14 | Within two hours , a representative from Harbottle and Lewis , the lawyers retained by Branson , was at the High Court in London getting an injunction to stop Chemical handing back the plane to Boeing . |
| 15 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 16 | If these governments want to win back the access to international capital markets that they need in order to expand and prosper , they will have to come up with some ideas of their own . |
| 17 | ‘ Which means I get the six ten bus back every night to Knockglen . |
| 18 | Let us go back a minute to those leaders of men . |
| 19 | It was sad and harrowing discovery for the Kazakh North-East ridge expedition — winding the clock back a decade to the tragic events of the morning of May 17 , 1982 and two tiny figures climbing steadily up the North-East ridge of Everest . |
| 20 | Now he was into jazz because he 'd heard that the Yuppies had hijacked it after Clint Eastwood 's film on Charlie Parker , and had moved back a decade to the late ‘ forties . |
| 21 | Ca can I go back a bit to your childhood . |
| 22 | Biting back a retort to the effect that it was doubtful if Campion Price would even recognise her , Gina said equably , ‘ I 'll try to fit a visit in . ’ |