Example sentences of "back the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive demonstration of trade union muscle on Saturday , when 5,000 placard-waving supporters gathered in the city square , heard the stakes in the dispute raised dramatically with a call to shut the factory for good if management did not take back the 340 strikers . |
| 2 | ‘ Is that also the reason you will assume Fergus 's mantle and go into the Far Future to bind the Apocalypse and turn back the Four Horsemen ? ’ |
| 3 | Talbot was on deck when the launch brought back the six survivors . |
| 4 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
| 5 | He do n't love thee since Garty moaned so he had to pay back the two shilling given for thee . |
| 6 | Ca n't say fairer than that , except if th'bist good to me as well I might even give thee back the two shilling . ’ |
| 7 | Jimmy has a box of 0 cricket balls , each weighing 1 kg but he found that he had to take two out of the box to make it balance with a 40kg , weight , The equation which describes this balance would be : unc If Jimmy put back the two cricket balls into the box what would happen to the balance ? |
| 8 | The party captured three seats in total , winning back the two seats it lost after the resignations of James Rodgers and daughter Glenda . |
| 9 | Chief Executive Hazel Dudgeon , fronting the course 's annual preview for the first time , said : ‘ We have got back the two evening meetings ( 15 and 29 July ) we lost last year and now have six of these on our 17-strong programme . |