Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll take these men to the station , then we 'll come back and lend a hand , Sir Benson , ’ said the police-sergeant . |
| 2 | They took a pace or two and then , suddenly , Karl turned back and spat a couple of words . |
| 3 | Turning from downwind to base at around 500 feet I found that you could almost pull the throttle completely back and make a glide approach . |
| 4 | But now he is battling back and using a comb again . |
| 5 | The girl smiled back and murmured a reply ; her husband did n't smile , but he shook hands with Clare and Mrs Duffy , and gravely thanked them . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , shall we go back and dance a bit more ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It was good to come back and give a good performance here . ’ |
| 8 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 9 | He wo n't stand back and negotiate a time to allow us to summon help . |
| 10 | Meredith looked back and blew a rasp at them . |
| 11 | The Admiral sat back and blew a few reflective smoke rings . |
| 12 | He stepped back and chanced a look at Madra . |
| 13 | The Reverend Whitefield sat back and made a steeple of his fingers , secure in his knowledge of the power and the professionalism of his performance . |
| 14 | It pushed the night back and made a warm , yellow circle to sit in . |
| 15 | and then came back and took a woman back with them as their servant . |
| 16 | She tilted her head back and took a long , refreshing drink . |
| 17 | He threatens to take out an injunction ; but Michael persuades him that , before making up his mind , he should at least come back and watch a rehearsal . |
| 18 | You can just lie back and read a book without worrying about sinking . |
| 19 | ‘ When the first High Queen cheated the curse by creating the Enchantment of the Bloodline , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ the sorceress is said to have turned back and made a curious prophecy . |
| 20 | This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third … |
| 21 | I came back and got a deal that summer and started the album immediately but there 've been various setbacks along the way . |
| 22 | Laura 's father Les said : ‘ We are looking forward to getting back and living a normal life and having a great Christmas together as a family . ’ |
| 23 | Once on a hilltop the trees broke , and we looked back and saw a vast red light on the horizon . |
| 24 | The man came back and thrust a card at her . |
| 25 | They went to see it and came back and had a meeting one night in New York , and they made a list of the fakes . |
| 26 | The guard is a part of the machine , so go back and claim a new one if it breaks while still under warranty . ’ |
| 27 | But I 've got a photograph of him , and I know he after the war was over he went back and married a nurse . |
| 28 | Disillusioned with the cottage and its problems , he had boarded up the windows and returned to Toronto , meaning eventually to come back and make a final decision about his ill-advised purchase . |
| 29 | This , this , you know , is saying something very , very simple , it 's telling you straight away , okay it 's , it is , it is quite nice to have the quote in there again as I say , if somebody , if somebody is trying to do a little advance story , to say , you could all , you could from there you could actually write something which , without having to go back and make a phone call . |
| 30 | Later he put out some work to one of the five , but the journeymen returned , demanded he take it back and levied a charge of 3 guineas ( £3.15 ) for their loss of time in attending to " this act of justice " . |