Example sentences of "back [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was probably the most painful experience I have ever had , going back through this life , this long life , which has not been the tranquil , easy existence people assume it to be . ’ |
| 2 | The proportion of rooms held back for this purpose is renegotiated annually : Winter has agreed to continue the 1985 arrangements over the following summer , i.e. 30 per cent over June-August and 15 per cent in May and September . |
| 3 | Around fifty works of art will include : four Eastern Zhou bronze vessels dating from the fifth century BC , cast in two different alloys of bronze and inlaid with a design incorporating small pieces of malachite , paste and copper wire ; a bronze male figure of the third to fourth century BC , supporting a candlestick ; of a similar date and from a royal treasury is a bronze and silver ox inlaid with a complex pattern of curved scrolls ; a gold and turquoise garment-hook in the form of three intertwined dragons ; a group of Tang figures including an ochre camel in unglazed earthenware ; and a twelfth-century carved wooden figure of a seated Bodhisattva , last shown in London at Eskenazi 's in 1972 and purchased back for this exhibition . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 5 | I remembered I had a pistol if I needed it , and turned back towards this man of the island . |
| 6 | Cripps , speaking on behalf of the East Bristol Labour Party , moved the reference back of this section of the Executive Report but won only 331,000 votes against the 2 , l16,000 votes for the National Executive 's condemnation of the Unity Campaign . |
| 7 | So although the Labour group will be moving a reference back of this matter as an amendment . |
| 8 | And that would be soon as ever he had his own son safely established back under this roof , where he should have been all along ! |
| 9 | I 'm just going back along this run for Nildro-hain . |
| 10 | I went to Africa in '88 to find a diversification and we came back with this idea . |
| 11 | and and then we come back with this second phase . |
| 12 | HELLOWEEN : ‘ Pink Bubbles Go Ape ’ ( EMI ) Germany 's premier rock band go to hell and back with this frightener , containing such weird titles as ‘ Heavy Metal Hamsters ’ and ‘ I 'm Don ’ Fine Crazy Man ’ ! — out now |
| 13 | Similarly , those who fail to make accurate returns of their wealth held abroad would be unable to remit back into this country the income from the wealth , so making residence here difficult . |
| 14 | So that 's going to be a problem for Nottingham Forest who threatened towards the end of that first half to get back into this game one down remember . |
| 15 | Considering the disruptions Forest have had to er undergo here they 're getting back into this game impressively at the moment . |
| 16 | We have to improve if we want to get back into this series . ’ |
| 17 | After the outburst with Leila and Roirbak downstairs , she 'd walked , quite calmly , back into this office . |
| 18 | In January , as expected , Vaclav Havel moved back into this office when he was confirmed as President of the new Czech Republic . |
| 19 | Of all crazinesses , to come back into this Castle … |
| 20 | After 5 years in captivity , John McCarthy flew back into this region , his first step onto British soil taken at RAF Lyneham . |
| 21 | And the former Rangers and Aston Villa winger said : ‘ We 've come back from this kind of position before and we are optimistic we can get a result . |
| 22 | And suddenly she began to laugh , while the girl watched her amazed ; and took an involuntary step back from this lunatic . |
| 23 | In fact , I told him that when I got back from this holiday he must come round and have a meal . |
| 24 | Once I 'm back from this trip , I 'll live like a gentleman . |
| 25 | Coming back from this explosion he checked the damage — in the tradition of his Corps — and heard the gurgle of water flowing into the dry-dock . |
| 26 | Before I stand back from this chapter , a summary . |
| 27 | On the way back from this ritual , they came upon a crowd of anti-Falangist students . |
| 28 | There is a danger in reading back from this figure another stereotype , similar to the Pavlovian ‘ drug addiction/inner city ’ assumed link . |
| 29 | I look back upon this household as having been — after [ Edward ] — the strongest influence in my life . |
| 30 | And , if I did n't think this bastard who 's making so fucking free with my dad 's house would follow me there , I 'd jump right back in this minute ! ’ |