Example sentences of "able [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rev Eric Shegog , Director of Communication for the Church of England , said that he hoped the working party would be able to report back in the autumn of 1992 . |
| 2 | So then I was able to go back to the library . ’ |
| 3 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll be able to go back on the streets , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Will he find time to consider the plight of my constituent , Mrs. Christine Williamson , who , after 25 years at home nursing a severely disabled child is now able to go back into the labour market , but finds herself in a Catch-22 situation ? |
| 6 | and that , that 's why their er you know , Shaun , erm , Amelda brought erm Moyra down with the babies , you know she was up there and she could help her down , but Shaun is coming down now wi , this weekend in the car and of course they 'll be able to go back in the car , erm there 's , there 's gon na be a party for erm , of course should warn the girl Of course that 's the awful thing about it is n't it ? |
| 7 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |
| 8 | With her ears ringing from the massive blast of the weapon she threw herself down and crawled across to the wall by the front door , able to see back through the sitting-room to the kitchen . |
| 9 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 10 | By reacting in this way , Jane is able to stand back from the situation and it can not hurt her as it used to do . |
| 11 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
| 12 | The tide was going out , she saw ; if she walked along the parade as far as the pier , she would be able to come back along the sands . |
| 13 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm just really happy I was able to come back in the second and third sets , ’ said Sukova , who held three set points in the first set , including two in the tie-break , before Sanchez took the decider 9–7 . |
| 15 | ‘ I think I 'll be able to 'op back to the bedroom by meself , ’ said Dolly . |
| 16 | The hope among many is that Lamont , or as looks increasingly unlikely , his successor , will be able to pull back from the second rise when he comes to the December 1994 Budget . |
| 17 | ‘ In fact , if I do or say anything that you really object to , you 'll be able to walk back to the house . ’ |
| 18 | He told the major he feared that in retiring to the palace he was imprisoning himself and would never be able to escape back to the real world . |
| 19 | You may also be able to refer back to a recent rise in merit pay or bonus in your response . |
| 20 | The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses . |
| 21 | erm how long this system will go on for , well in order to be able to refer back to the nineteen nineties , who knows we might , neither of us might be here |
| 22 | He only knew that Liza was the most sexually exciting woman he had ever come across and that , should they meet again , neither would be able to hold back from a passion which was so powerful it could only lead to trouble , about which his wife might come to hear . |
| 23 | Would I be able to change back to the old registration plates ? |
| 24 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 25 | Yes , I mean it would be nice if it was possible , you know , after having taken time out , or some time out , over a period to be able to get back into a more permanent career structure , but maybe in the future this 'll come . |
| 26 | When a ring of netting is placed round a warren , all bolting rabbits must be caught provided that they are not able to get back into the burrow . |
| 27 | By that time we should have sorted out this business of the poison pen letter and you 'll be able to get back to a normal life again . ’ |
| 28 | With any luck she might be able to get back to the apartment before he found out what had happened . |
| 29 | As far as Wales are concerned , the feeling afterwards was a sense of relief for being able to throw back at the French everything their opponents threw at them and a mood of confidence that their hard work is slowly paying dividends . |
| 30 | I worked my way — somewhat fearfully , I admit — into a gloomy stand of pines , and there found several fallen branches which I was able to drag back to the cave . |