Example sentences of "have [vb pp] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again this hope seems set against the tides of history , but again we can not be certain that a positive policy of Empire and tariffs could not have turned back the tide in 1902 or 1912 . |
| 2 | To prove wrong those who say that any dieter will have put back the weight ( and more ) 12 months after losing it — 12 months on and 18 lbs ( 8.2 kg ) down , I 'm still a ‘ Hip and Thigh ’ fan . |
| 3 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
| 4 | Even if he did win , the owner would buy him in after the race , so that Boardwalk would have paid back a small fraction of his training costs . |
| 5 | In the absence of deep-rooted democratic institutions which could have held back the force of aggressive nationalism , local groups took the form of mere channels through which the idea of the nation as an integrated family could be reproduced . |
| 6 | Crushed against him , Folly could no more have resisted than she could have held back the tides . |