Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better send it back . ’ |
| 3 | For many pensioners this week 's increases will only bring them back to where they were 18 months ago , and some pensioners will still be worse off . |
| 4 | He told them that by turning off here , the company they were following would almost certainly be heading for upper Teviotdale , by Rankilburn , Buccleuch and Bellenden , since the Ettrick valley would merely bring them back to its junction with Yarrow again . |
| 5 | ‘ But your father 'll only send you back again , ’ said Harry , still dubious . |
| 6 | I was hoping to get back to council work before Christmas , but I recognise that if I rush , it I will only set me back . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you 'd better have them back . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better have it back now . |
| 9 | Her voice brittle , Luce suggested , ‘ Well , you 'd better phone her back and tell her it 's been found . ’ |
| 10 | ah , well better take them back after a while then |
| 11 | Better take them back |
| 12 | ‘ Better take him back to ask the questions , ’ the policeman said . |
| 13 | there was this er butchers , and I went in there and I got some sausages , oh , er nobody said anything about these sausages I just thought well I 'd better take something back for Fred 's dinner so I went in and got these sausages , well they were the nicest sausages I 've ever tasted in my life |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd better take it back to Brigade , ’ said Jim , turning . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd better take it back , ’ Denis said , blushing at his carelessness . |
| 16 | You 'd better take it back again . |
| 17 | Well it does matter , you better take it back . |
| 18 | I better take it back tomorrow had n't I ? |
| 19 | Better take you back . |
| 20 | There will , however , always be those who tend to see the negative side and may well suggest you ‘ do n't lose weight too quickly or you 'll look old ’ or ‘ you 'll only put it back on twice as fast if you lose it quickly ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Arsenal can still win the title , and I can see Leeds stringing a set of results together which will suddenly put them back in contention . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 'd better get you back as soon as possible , ’ said Grimma . |
| 23 | I think you better put them back where you found them do n't you ? |
| 24 | We do n't know why it was this little sort of dip , that reproduces you know , the configuration of it but why it was there , we do n't know , we thought we better put it back since it was there . |
| 25 | That means Thorstvedt , who came on as sub against Coventry and saved a penalty as Spurs crashed 2-0 , will suddenly find himself back in the number one spot . |
| 26 | Having been soaked , the cuticles are soft enough for the manicurist , using an orange stick , to gently push them back . |
| 27 | He could only guess at where the angled metal of the sprung bolt might be , and hope that with sufficient working around the card would eventually ease it back . |
| 28 | The Church will gladly welcome you back into the fold . |
| 29 | If it had reached the Morvan and had then turned round , but did not make it back to base , then a crash on land or sea is self-evident : if on land , only the agency — the weather , engine trouble , or enemy action — is in doubt . |
| 30 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |