Example sentences of "'s [noun] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that mother 's milk come back often . |
| 2 | Over £100 000 was at stake in two cases , and the authority 's attempts to claw back some of this were being resisted fiercely . |
| 3 | Labour claimed the result ‘ smashed ’ the Liberal Democrats in Wear Valley despite the fact that we gained further ground and Labour 's support fell back . |
| 4 | There was a secret , suspect taste for girls of rather better background than oneself : hypergamy — marrying upward — a Fifties custom extensively explored in Osborne 's play Look Back In Anger . ’ |
| 5 | True , we have seen the evil of fur coats ( those in Lynne Truss 's story bite back rather than coset the wearer ) , but we have yet to heed Helen Simpson 's caution that even New Men may well be beasts in gourmet cook 's clothing . |
| 6 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 7 | Much of the Bible 's teaching goes back to the way we are made ; it goes back to creation itself . |
| 8 | Before darkness fell , and the attempt could be made , Edward 's heralds came back for their answer . |
| 9 | Eventually the doctor 's fingers came back again , back to where the lump was . |
| 10 | Norton 's Coin got back to his cowshed at about 10.30 p.m . |
| 11 | RJR Nabisco 's plans to buy back $1.5 billion of its debt were received in much the same way . |
| 12 | Echoes of Friend 's admiration came back to her , explained now . |
| 13 | We had wagers on how many times the horse 's prick bounced back and forth in the time it took to cross the Parade . |
| 14 | Mrs Doran 's lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 15 | Then the Prophet 's lips drew back from his teeth in a soundless snarl of triumph , and the next thing Curtis knew , he was staring down the muzzle of the gun the other had levelled at him from point blank range . |
| 16 | Vitor 's lips curled back from his teeth in contempt . |
| 17 | Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) . |
| 18 | Annie 's mind cast back to the number of his children who had defied Jonadab round this very table . |
| 19 | Frank 's mind went back to that torrid summer when they had melted into intimacy . |
| 20 | As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled . |
| 21 | She had a poise about her that spoke of some sort of inner peace and Jenna 's mind went back to her own mother — the beauty , the restless energy , the quick , sharp voice . |
| 22 | Loretta 's mind flew back to her conversation with the American postgraduate earlier in the evening . |
| 23 | Rachel 's mind flew back to her like lightning . |
| 24 | Theodora 's mind flashed back to the tall washed-out figure of Mrs Gray and her sudden passionate support of her husband 's good intentions . |
| 25 | Whilst the signaller busied himself with decoding the latest message from on high , the Troop Commander 's mind raced back over a fairly hectic three weeks , Which had taken the troop from Hameln ( of Pied Piper fame ) , the regiment 's home base on the River Weser , eastwards to the River Leine and north the River Aller , before swinging north-west to the mouth of the Weser in the Bremerhaven area . |
| 26 | And then the last item on the NOTES pages of Curve 's itinerary comes back to me : ‘ At a few shows , mainly the universities , alcohol is going to be a problem ’ . |
| 27 | Christy 's words came back when Sandy was putts for birdie on the 12th and 13th but misses them both . |
| 28 | Doyle 's words came back to him . |
| 29 | But the next time Cecilia saw Daphne Bleech-Palmer Tina 's words came back to her and she was for a while shy and constrained . |
| 30 | As she began each one , Mum 's words came back to her and she felt her cheeks growing hot . |