Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] own back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you do n't accept that , but spare me any more of your little plans for getting your own back , please ! |
| 2 | He suffers from a ‘ sense of injured merit ’ , and like a spoiled child , sulking in the corner , he sulks in Hell and vows always to defy good for the sake of evil , in the vain hope of getting his own back . |
| 3 | As a result , Japan now wants revenge and sees peace as the best way of getting its own back . |
| 4 | Indeed , for the local authorities ( many of whom were angry that the Government were treating nationalisation merely as a book-keeping transaction within the public sector and thus paying them little compensation for the takeover ) , the maintenance of uneconomically low prices was one way of getting their own back for the local ratepayers ( who were also usually electricity consumers ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Some philosopher said revenge is the best way of getting your own back , did n't he ? |
| 6 | Was that a way of getting his own back ? |