Example sentences of "back at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glenn hits back at new law |
| 2 | ‘ Because the three men that I 've got in the morgue back at New Scotland Yard are Peter Lawton , Mathew Bryce and Trevor Magee . ’ |
| 3 | SINEAD O'CONNOR 's record label Chrysalis has hit back at tabloid criticism of the sleeve of her current single ‘ Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home ’ . |
| 4 | Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs . |
| 5 | Given the geographic spread of the ‘ contestants ’ it was not surprising that the packages arrived back at varying times but outlying areas such as Newcastle , Liverpool and Bristol were not obviously handicapped . |
| 6 | He 'll be back and he might be back at working men 's prices . |
| 7 | When he played the film back at normal speed , which then makes the birds appear in slow motion , he could see what the birds were actually doing . |
| 8 | And she confirmed the inevitable , the news that executives back at Grundy TV in Melbourne had always feared they would hear , she would never again play Charlene in Neighbours . |
| 9 | It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree . |
| 10 | Prison officers hit back at critical report . |
| 11 | Back at Liberal Democrat headquarters in Cowley Street , Westminster , party strategists were delighted that the campaign has passed without a significant hitch . |
| 12 | Crewe finished the first half the stronger and were possibly unlucky not to go in with a lead , the Leeds defense was looking fragile ( Fairclough was back at central def. — agghhhh ) , the midfield ( esp . |
| 13 | ‘ Even back at primary school I was more of a homey , crafty person . |
| 14 | Looking back at regular intervals to see if the stranger was following , eventually they reached the access to the street but the guide was astonished to find the man had vanished into thin air . |
| 15 | Okay , and , and we will be asking you back at regular intervals . |
| 16 | A CRICKET club is biting back at persistent raiders and vandals by covering the roof of its pavilion with razor-sharp security wire . |
| 17 | IN May 1973 Vic Halom was in the Sunderland football team that won , wonderfully , the FA Cup ; on Tuesday evening he was back at raucous Roker Park , canvassing for votes . |
| 18 | Starting with a look back at early aircraft carrier landings , with a fair amount of aircraft coming to grief , the film includes interviews with the likes of Boone Guyton , Corsair test pilot and Don Jordan , Pratt & Whitney engineer . |
| 19 | Many a large sofa , armchair or piano has had to be sent back at unnecessary cost because it would n't go through the door Make sure to measure the ceiling height as well because if you multiply this by the wall measurements ( see Calculating quantities on page 53 ) it will give you an idea of the amount of paint or wallpaper you will need . |
| 20 | Labour Councillors in Oxfordshire have been hitting back at Tory critics , who claim their actions have inflated Poll Tax figures . |
| 21 | The next morning Martha was back at Misselthwaite Manor , and told Mary all about her day with her family . |
| 22 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 23 | A look back at programmed learning shows how the concept began to arise . |
| 24 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 25 | Then she let out a cry that brought most of the searching Brownies back at top speed to the beech . |
| 26 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
| 27 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 28 | Having arranged to meet Morton back at Old Jewry , Bragg took a train to Hackney Downs and walked the quarter-mile to the police station . |
| 29 | Birds ' songs often sound varied and melodious to us , but if they are recorded and played back at slow speed , they are found to have vastly more detail than we realise . |
| 30 | After buying me lunch in a new concrete hotel called , romantically , The Interflora , she drove me back at high Skoda speed through the centre of town — choke full out , engine howling in second gear as we skidded across wet cobblestones , clipping kerbs and narrowly avoiding the numerous potholes and dug-up sections where slow attempts were being made to repair the water mains , shattered by the minus-twenty-five February temperatures . |