Example sentences of "back the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it brought back the memories of bouquets and the first Miss World competition she won way back in 1911 . |
| 2 | Yuletide always brought back the memories of little Matthew , taken by the plague , but not before the mite had shown Sir John the wonder with which every child greeted Christmas . |
| 3 | At the moment of death Jesus hands back the Spirit to God ( Luke 23:46 ) . |
| 4 | The idea was to try to bring back the spirit of entrepreneurship that I thought people in these neighbourhoods would be inclined towards if the right environment were established . ’ |
| 5 | Er I think my wife would like to take advantage of er buying back the service of the earliest before nineteen seventy three . |
| 6 | Nor was it always clear on what basis the Principal Education Officer and Chief Inspector on occasions referred back the proposals of the project team . |
| 7 | Mark was in a jogging phase , trying to hold back the river of age , puffing around in his new Nike Air . |
| 8 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 9 | They 've called back the likes of former World finalists Jimmy Nilsen and Captain Mitch Shirra . |
| 10 | She drank it thirstily , holding back the bits of herb and onion with a teaspoon . |
| 11 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 12 | According to one of them God drives back the waters of the sea by a strong east wind , and causes a mysterious panic in the Egyptian camp . |
| 13 | Sir Anthony had concluded his business with the plump lawyer as far as he was able to overcome his distaste for discussing deals or mentioning money , and he was holding back the brambles for her , as it were , letting her into their company , and she butted through , a young dog again , let out for a walk . |
| 14 | He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes . |
| 15 | The hardware of this music machine should be capable of playing back the composition in the sounds of the instruments for which it was written . |
| 16 | It is not going too far to suggest that it was the fame of Chaplin that first allowed many intellectuals to even broach the subject of film and certainly he brought back the possibility of ‘ slumming it ’ that had rather disappeared since the days of music-hall . |
| 17 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |
| 18 | The putsch set back the beginning of negotiations between the French government and the GPRA for a short while , but its ultimate effect was to give new momentum to the talks . |
| 19 | They would not back the union in a political fight with the company , or allow themselves to be used by Clasper in a power struggle between the convener and management . |
| 20 | Delays in the determination of the final form and decoration of the palace constantly put back the date for the grand house-warming party . |
| 21 | In just a few days he had pushed back the horizons of her world far out of sight . |
| 22 | In the passage , she stumbled and almost fell , then flung back the door to the bedroom . |
| 23 | The French army had become relatively small and manageable ; it was now comprised of picked men ; its leaders , too , were the best available ; and its task was the specific one of taking the initiative and winning back the areas of land ceded by the terms agreed at Brétigny — and more , if possible . |
| 24 | I 'll take back the part about the rats . ’ |
| 25 | As they put it , they feel that they have ‘ put back the life into a very contented house ’ . |
| 26 | We will back the work of the Broadcasting Standards Council and remain vigilant about ensuring high standards in satellite broadcasts from abroad . |
| 27 | The man on the moped threw back the flap of his satchel , glanced round , fingered the radio transmitter which would send the signal . |
| 28 | The woman pulled back the flap of the tent and Tallis , dying , saw a pale sun in the fields of snow . |
| 29 | D-INFLUENCE , rising London-based dance quartet , back the release of their ‘ No Illusions ’ 45 on east west with a date at London 's Subterania and a support slot with The James Taylor Quartet at Bradford University . |
| 30 | You might have thought almost no one would back the successor to an organisation that collapsed in disgrace only months ago after 40 years of misrule . |