Example sentences of "back and [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes a single son or daughter will give up their own home to come back and care for parents . |
| 2 | It was far safer to start a town off with a charter , a market and a fair , and a few other practical inducements to settlers , and then to sit back and hope for the best . |
| 3 | Let's just sit back and consolidate for a while . |
| 4 | They much appreciate the work being done by Mrs Doyle , but they are not in a walk of life where they can sit back and wait for better times . |
| 5 | Such is the relief of producing the final report that there is a great temptation to sit back and wait for congratulations . |
| 6 | ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’ |
| 7 | But a king could not simply sit back and wait for people to come to him . |
| 8 | Let's go back and wait for better weather . ’ |
| 9 | I could sit back and wait for him to break through media censorship . |
| 10 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 11 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 12 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 13 | I think we should go back and look for it . |
| 14 | Obviously we shall never know whether fossil species were capable of interbreeding until somebody invents a time machine , and we can go back and see for ourselves ! |
| 15 | This forced the defender to chase back and dive for the ball in the mud . |
| 16 | I did n't know whether to go back and try for something in the West End again , or television , films — or even go back into fringe theatre . |
| 17 | But the men from the Midlands had enjoyed themselves so well , they decided the engraved glass trophy should stay in Scotland to give them the excuse to come back and play for it again ! |
| 18 | Thanks to just three votes , Mr Major could sit back and relax for a few moments . |