Example sentences of "the [noun] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Under the Companies Act , we are entitled to take such action if more than 10 per cent of the shareholders back the application . |
| 2 | It might , it might be though cutting the hedges back a little bit . |
| 3 | The next stage as soon as you find time is to sit down with your language helper and play the text back a phrase at a time in order to transcribe it . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're probably going to set the taxpayer back a couple of million , unless these things are made of plate steel . ’ |
| 5 | That 's when you thrust the ring back an to the dead woman 's finger . ’ |
| 6 | Roll a D6 and move the template back the number of inches indicated . |
| 7 | Culley reeled the tape back a little and listened to the question again . |
| 8 | she says the hum , and then she was telling us when she brought the tape back the other day one of her interviews was telling her she was interviewing this man s er out of , out of the blue take off all your clothes please . |
| 9 | The Irish Ladies Hockey Union are now considering staging the Cup Final on May 22 and moving the play-offs back a fortnight . |
| 10 | A good idea that the council back the carnival . |
| 11 | In one sense , the association of parental care and mating system transfers the question back a stage ; for why do some species have biparental , others maternal care ? |
| 12 | in this particular twelve month period your budget estimate would be wrong in that you needed to pay the residence back a hundred and eight pounds |
| 13 | He 'd drawn the curtain back a little and was hunched up over his glass , staring into the street |
| 14 | And it went to seven months because they did have a downturn in the business so it pushed the quantities back a bit . |
| 15 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |
| 16 | you may need to move the needles back a little by hand to knit the stitches off . |
| 17 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 18 | Whitlock shouted at the two policemen on the motorcycles to get the photographers back a few feet to give Mobuto a chance to get out of the limousine . |
| 19 | She pulled the door back a foot or so then slammed it forward , catching him between the heavy wooden door and the frame . |
| 20 | Kate pulled the door back a few inches . |
| 21 | Several journalists from rival publications take umbrage at this and a ‘ is the human back a naughty bit ’ controversy/debate ensues … |
| 22 | The village was four miles away , the walk back a long climb in the sun . |
| 23 | Elisabeth was torn between retreating at once , following the path back the way she had come , or continuing as far as the colonnade to look through the windows into the music room . |
| 24 | He waited until the coastguard officer had got well ahead , than followed him along the path back the way they had come . |
| 25 | And as that line emitted from the speakers , several thousand Levi-clad youths walked towards their bedroom Dansettes in a state of disbelief , flipping the needle back a quarter of an inch , in order to catch the line for a second time . |
| 26 | The neck pickup is sharp and punchy , but knock the tone back a little and it becomes sweet and bluesy : Mississippi without the mud , if you like . |
| 27 | One the way back the yarn will be wrapped around this needle and will prevent a hole from being formed . |
| 28 | She had to drive to the end of the street to turn round ; when she passed Giles 's house on the way back the door was closed . |
| 29 | No , we 'll put the English back a week |
| 30 | think i , we 'll we 'll we 'll put the English back a week |