Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] back [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know you send a form back that says we teach careers lessons , immediately you 're told , right you can stop doing that , that 's not your job to do that . |
| 2 | I did take a step back and look at myself . |
| 3 | Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need . |
| 4 | Then he slapped Killion hard on the face and took a pace back and kicked him in the groin . |
| 5 | Here , she took a step back and called on Ferdinando to discuss Garibaldi and his Red Shirts and the promises of Cavour — they were names to her and nothing more . |
| 6 | She took a step back and said , ‘ I 'll see you later , Edward . ’ |
| 7 | Then it was that , with him towering over her , she took a step back and observed that Naylor Massingham must have some highly confidential papers in his briefcase since , evidently not trusting to leave it in his car , he had chosen to bring it up to her flat with him . |
| 8 | He took a step back and shook his head in disbelief . |
| 9 | Harper took a step back and gave Lucille an appreciative smile . |
| 10 | ‘ It is time for the party as a whole to take a step back and look at the way in which its democracy is being carried out , ’ he told the conference . |
| 11 | The exercises taught me that when things go wrong you need to take a step back and think things through before acting . ’ |
| 12 | Frau Nordern snapped a good-night back and stormed out of the Station , and such was the mood showing on her face there on the S-Bahn a railway policeman checking tickets did not ask for hers but wisely changed carriages at Lichtenberg station and looked for other prey . |