Example sentences of "back [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American Trust , after a poor first half , has bounced back to report a 26 per cent leap in net asset value per share for the full year to 265.2p , from last year 's 210.3p . |
| 2 | ( No , I was n't born then ) : at Comdex/Spring in Atlanta yesterday , our man on the spot , Chris Rose was geared to send stories from his laptop straight back to our server — until on deadline , he found all phone lines from Atlanta were busy ( shame on you , BellSouth Corp ) and ended up having to low-tech fax it back using a direct facsimile line . |
| 3 | Back came a signed copy of her latest book ‘ The Best of Edna Jacques ’ and a letter typed on the same old machine on which she pounded out her poems . |
| 4 | With Alan Leonard leading for him in the pairs semi-final , Graham got off to a 6-0 lead after five ends but Talbot and Nutt came storming back to open a 12-8 lead after 15 ends and after that never really looked like losing . |
| 5 | She saw Guy jerk back to avoid a slashing blow to the throat , then they closed again , rolling right to the edge of the treacherous stairway . |
| 6 | that the reference to the accounts could not be viewed accurately without viewing the statutory statement of business which filed only just a month or so back reveals a sixteen and a half billion surplus in the members premium trust fund up from twelve and a half billion at the end of proceeding year . |
| 7 | If you run It backward you will see the pieces suddenly gather themselves together off the floor and jump back to form a whole cup on the table . |
| 8 | I came out of it and saw the window clear and the sun shining and the heavy clouds rolled back to leave a blue , washed sky . |
| 9 | The litter on the kitchen table had been pushed back to leave a clear corner on which a cloth , clean but creased , had been laid , and on it were two unmatching plates and two cups which bore no relation in design or size , to their saucers . |
| 10 | He came back to do a smashing job . ’ |
| 11 | Also it was particularly strong in the latter years of the war , particularly in the last 18 months , when many , many first and second tour people were coming back to do a further tour , I have wept many a tear for some first class fellows that pestered me , pestered me beyond belief , writing to me every week . |
| 12 | He broke in , set a parachute alight and then went back to start a better one . |
| 13 | At one point North suddenly remarked , ‘ Well , I 'm not worried , soon I am going to be back commanding a Marine battalion . |
| 14 | Eventually Nooty came back towing a yellowing sheet of paper . |
| 15 | Graham Tennant , 81 , has been writing poetry for a hobby since he was 10 and his poem Looking Back taking a humorous look at the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah has been judged one of the top ten funniest poems in a national competition judged by comedian Ronnie Corbett . |
| 16 | Wood led twice , 1-0 and 2-1 , before Biggs hit back to snatch a 1-7 , 7-5 , 6-7 , 7-2 , 7-6 win in Preston . |
| 17 | Assertive group report back modelling an assertive style and the passive group you report back modelling a passive style of |
| 18 | But Colin bounced back to score a good victory in the under-16 final against Adam Bond ( Skelmersdale Park ) . |
| 19 | This leads to an automatic psychological appraisal of the situation as threatening , and in turn to frightening thoughts and images , which in their turn feed back to maintain a rapid heart rate . |
| 20 | They did not share the critics ' dismay that bumptious Mr Spielberg should have borrowed that nice Mr Barrie 's little boy , allowed him to grow up as an awful Dad , and then sent him back to learn a few lessons in Captain Hook 's theme-park paradise . |
| 21 | ‘ Publication day ? ’ said Viola Machin , standing back to survey a groaning cake-stand . |
| 22 | Tutilo 's habit shimmered about the shoulders with the soft and soundless rain of Spring , which had begun to fall in mid-evening , his curls were damp and ruffled , and the hand he passed across his forehead to brush them back left a dark smear behind . |
| 23 | Surrey , with the shooting of Barbara Taylor and Sheila Edwards outstanding , had started the last quarter 44–38 in front but Essex Met fought back to take a three-point lead . |
| 24 | After a long morning 's work in midsummer , he had eaten and then leaned back to take a short sleep . |
| 25 | Caught by the breeze , the lower edge flipped back to reveal a tautly muscled belly covered with fine dark hair which arrowed down beneath the waistband of his close-fitting denim shorts . |
| 26 | The oak door opened easily , and swung back to reveal a wide hall . |
| 27 | She had changed into a golden dress of a loose-flowing kind , and had brushed her hair back to reveal a high , broad brow . |
| 28 | One of the curtains was tied back to reveal a secret door into another small room . |
| 29 | He glanced over his left shoulder and saw the three other officers were still two hundred yards away , then a shouted challenge from his right revealed that the French Lieutenant had succeeded in turning his horse and was now spurring back to make a new attack . |
| 30 | The revival of the US as a great nation at the centre of world trade will also have an impact on the port of Liverpool , as it continues its fight back to become a key staging post on the transfer of goods across the Atlantic and around the globe . |