Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] back from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Headward erosion is rapid at this point and regrading of the river starts to work back from the mouth . |
| 2 | The authorities had compounded their unpopularity among radicals by appearing to draw back from reform after publishing the emancipation statutes . |
| 3 | Ardiles is believed to be top of Spurs chairman Alan Sugar 's wanted list to take over as manager and is expected to fly back from a holiday in Argentina to discuss a possible move later this week . |
| 4 | As a way of approaching such a theory , I want to step back from questions of programme categorization and return to prior questions of the poetics of genre in case there is something there which the more immediate premisses of popular genre have been missing . |
| 5 | He never really expected to hear back from either of them . |
| 6 | Another type of chart helps parents begin to stand back from the emotional reactions they have and see what is happening with their child . |
| 7 | Business prepares to bounce back from recession The nation is feeling positive despite some hard times , reports JOHN GREENLEES |
| 8 | Most users of fast modems have had to hold back from using maximum line speeds plus data compression because of the risk of data loss resulting from unbuffered serial ports . |
| 9 | ‘ They were beginning to fire back from behind the station . |
| 10 | The home environment is private , you do n't have to drive back from the vets when you are upset and your pet is likely to be more relaxed because his is in familiar surroundings with the people he loves . |
| 11 | Oh I forgot it 's bin day I 'll have to hurry back from school . |
| 12 | The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail . |
| 13 | Sex : The more you hold back , the more you 'll have to hold back from . |
| 14 | She went to cringe back from him but stilled as he started to unbutton his shirt . |
| 15 | My troopers may not manage to hold back from firing now . |
| 16 | I know they were not complacent about the Swiss because it was only a year earlier that they had been forced to come back from being two down to snatch a vital European point against them . |
| 17 | Everton travel to Nottingham Forest for a vital relegation battle , Liverpool aim to bounce back from their European exit at home to Middlesbrough while Tarnmere have an attractive top of the table clash at Leicester . |
| 18 | Underlining the British government 's commitment to link aid and democratic practices , he made a strong statement in favour of multiparty democracy , but appeared to hold back from criticism of Kenya 's human rights record , saying at a press conference that " when you look at other countries in Africa , Kenya 's record is good " . |
| 19 | But the first stage is to learn to step back from yourself and identify your own values . |
| 20 | Following the debates Bush appeared to step back from further character attacks on Clinton , a development which led to speculation that he had already privately accepted the inevitability of his defeat and was seeking to preserve a degree of presidential dignity . |
| 21 | Her father died and they had to come back from their , this particular and come back . |
| 22 | Only by trying to stand back from the daily grind and reviewing one 's long term goals can such opposition be slowly undermined . |
| 23 | Even in daylight it had a sombre , suspicious air as if it wished to slink back from the adjoining houses . |
| 24 | We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters . |
| 25 | ‘ They are now trying to draw back from earlier opinions , but this does not change my opinion of them . ’ |
| 26 | Jason Nicolle also won in four games , against Raymond Schaffer , but had to fight back from a game and 6-7 down in the second , and his place in the sudden-death phase at the weekend could be under threat from Parke . |
| 27 | Saussure , third on Mont Blanc , had to turn back from a surveying expedition when his 17 guides mutinied , throwing his food down the mountain ! |
| 28 | Sarajevo Child Lifeline is connected with Brit-Pol , an organisation which made the news last year , when they organised a trip for a group of volunteers from Berkley in Gloucestershire , which failed to collect a coach load of orphans they had planned to bring back from Bosnia . |
| 29 | For our part , we wish to step back from philosophical issues , not because they are totally irrelevant but because we believe that it is not necessary , from a sociological research point of view , to take them up . |
| 30 | The President has been widely advised to fall back from multi-front legislative conflicts in favour of one major fight at a time . |