Example sentences of "back [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To open the literature programme we are delighted to welcome back the internationally acclaimed poets James Berry and Miroslav Holub to read from work past and present . |
| 2 | To cope with even part of this ( and to send back the more far-fetched requests ) , the UN needs a master chef , not a harassed waiter . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you again , ’ she said and handed back the now empty can , ‘ but I 've got to find my friend , the weirdo in the hat . |
| 4 | But the predicted economic success of this year 's competition may not be sufficient to hide or hold back the potentially destructive tensions that the growth of football throughout the world has created . |
| 5 | He campaigned tirelessly to win back the twice yearly courts or assizes , which Buckingham had lost to Aylesbury . |
| 6 | Sir Adam Thomson , the founder of British Caledonian , took the trouble to write back a most comprehensive letter , giving kindly guidance and suggesting that until Giles was old enough , he should gain useful experience in a related industry like travel . |
| 7 | Yet , before , on their secret dates , Rab had been most punctual — a big smile and hug for her — while she , to have him more keen , had hung back a little late . |
| 8 | The drink theme too , broadly understood , goes back a very long way . |
| 9 | What river engineers have begun to do is to rediscover their roots , and these , as we shall see , go back a very long way . |
| 10 | Rudston 's history goes back a very long way to Neolithic times and it is believed to be the oldest inhabited village in England . |
| 11 | You have to go back a very long way indeed to a more decorous age when politicians did n't use the memoir as a weapon for reopening old wounds . |
| 12 | OLYMPIC aces returning from Barcelona this week brought back a very silly story about cycling superstar Chris Boardman : ‘ Have you heard he 's been tested for drugs . ’ |
| 13 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 14 | Mistaking her refusal , Andrew put back a less prudent hand to find it struck away smartly as she retreated from the arm round her shoulders . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a strong culture of control at AT&T that goes back an awfully long way , ’ observes Charles Heckscher , a labour-relations academic who has advised AT&T on its ambitious plan . |
| 16 | Of course we go back an awful long way do n't we ? |
| 17 | ‘ Jeffrey and I go back an awful long way , and it makes a lot of sense for him to be published by us on both sides of the Atlantic , ’ Mr Bell commented . |
| 18 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 19 | ‘ He wrote back an absolutely charming letter ’ , he remembers , ‘ saying do n't worry about the money , of course you can reproduce it , and do n't worry about the copyright . ’ |