Example sentences of "the [noun sg] back [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Smooth the interlining back and tack the outer edges of bump to the sides of the curtain all around .
2 Having got as far as the inverted stage , the easiest answer is to pull the stick back and perform a ha If loop to recover ( again , that 's why you needed lots of height ) .
3 We then had to drive the machine back and unload the rented van .
4 It pushed the night back and made a warm , yellow circle to sit in .
5 Immediate first aid for a bleeding nose is to tilt the head back and pinch the nostrils together for as long as it takes .
6 We done it for Kerry and done it for her , Kerry left home sorted all the house out and bought all the stuff back and give the rest away !
7 Then of course the girl said what she 'd done and they fetched the skull back and had no trouble after …
8 Once he had found his clothes and put them on , Ellwood stood up to massage his arms and legs , rubbing and slapping to get the feeling back and loosen the knotted muscles .
9 ‘ No , ’ said Philip , putting the egg back and closing the drawer .
10 And as she was moving about she would realize that her letter communicated nothing of her pleasure and love , so she would get the paper back and add a postscript and a laborious drawing .
11 At the start one of these panels will flash and play a note , you must then repeat the sequence , the computer will then repeat the sequence back and add a note etc. etc .
12 He put the directory back and tried the agency again , but it was still engaged .
13 Now bring the throttle all the way back and maintain the five per cent glide .
14 They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse .
15 Starring at the County Ground tomorrow is Kenny Dalglish and his Blackburn team … his very first match as Rovers manager was at Swindon … both clubs have gone up in the world since then but what Town would give to turn the clock back and have the same scoreline again … 2-1 it was to swindon Chalky White and Colin Calderwood got the Town goals …
16 It is as impossible as it is undesirable to try to put the clock back and treat the majority of pupils as being necessarily philosophical and theological infants incapable of any more .
17 But then to have the wit and the cold blood to fit the stone back and cover the traces — that could be out of reach of most of us .
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