Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back on " in BNC.
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| 31 | Prentice put his shoe and sock back on and got to his feet , obviously in some pain when he stood . |
| 32 | The light went out , and came back on . |
| 33 | Sykes went to Paris a couple of days before you did , and came back on the Monday . |
| 34 | In the winter time they 'd come out on a Monday morning and came back on Tuesday from Kirkwall . |
| 35 | No , went on a hovercraft well wen went on the hovercraft and came back on a , a ferry on the boat . |
| 36 | And looking back on it , when you think about his own experience — he 'd been Home Secretary , Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary — I think most of his Cabinet colleagues who served under him would say he was a better prime minister than he was a secretary of state in either of these three roles . |
| 37 | Nevertheless , Dennis 's comment still rankled , and looking back on what had happened earlier I pondered the possibility of evening the score by seducing his wife . |
| 38 | And looking back on his emergence from absolute idealism , he says of himself that he came to hate the stuffiness of supposing that space and time were only in the mind . |
| 39 | Do n't break a habit of a lifetime and hold back on my account ! ’ |
| 40 | Its ability to weave in and out of the enemies is unbelievable , and turning back on yourself sends it into a tight mid-air manoeuvre that would tax a Harrier jump jet ! |
| 41 | All too often you pitch the ball short , catch the slope and finish back on the lower layer . |
| 42 | All she wanted now was to get really stoned and lie back on the mattress thinking good thoughts . |
| 43 | Listen to the Ink Spots , watch Paris , Texas for the eighth or ninth time , shut the doors and lie back on those same damp pillows . |
| 44 | Mr Clarke accused the crews of putting patients ' lives at risk and going back on their promise to take all 999 calls . |
| 45 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |
| 46 | Many of the beaches were almost deserted in my early childhood , and to walk on a newly washed shore as the tide receded , and look back on the footsteps in the shining sand was a delight . |
| 47 | But for many people is n't it the case that the the church wedding is an an and the promises made the vows made before God and er before the the congregation , for many people they 're just a sort of rather erm oh dear how can I put it rather a flimsy frippery erm that they just feel it 's essential to have so that they can have the nice pictures and and look back on on a church wedding . |
| 48 | But now , get yourself away and get back on time if you want to get off early tonight . |
| 49 | But our Key Person policy compensated us , which kept our backers and creditors happy , and eventually we managed to recruit new people , reorganise and get back on the rails again . ’ |
| 50 | It was time to forget about Ardakkeans and their mysterious phetam , and get back on course for Vadinamia and the problems that would surely be waiting for me there . |
| 51 | You going out there , you stop all your Income Support and it co turns out to be a bloody week or something well alright you turn round and get back on Income Support but it 's not simple is it ? |
| 52 | The world number two saw a splash after topping his drive on La Moraleja 's 414-yard fifth hole , but the ball had only skimmed the surface and finished back on dry land . |
| 53 | They swam that strong current you know and landed back on Rousay again . |
| 54 | Chris leads them down the hallway to the bedroom , and gets back on the bed next to Pauline . |
| 55 | A curl broke to my right and almost engulfed me , so I swung even further left and shuffled back on the board to keep from pearling . |
| 56 | After all , as he had said — and now every word of our conversation came back to me as clearly as if played back on a tape — a woman has a right to decide , on the basis of her own capacity to cope with the situation , whether she is justified in going on with it . |
| 57 | Blunt , coming up behind him and hauling back on the control column to get his plane over the hedge , saw Peacock sliding out of the sky and tried to turn inside him . |
| 58 | Rosa adjusted the cold compress on her forehead , and settled back on a chair against the wall , watching Cati as she lay . |
| 59 | Rory rolled her eyes heavenwards and settled back on the sun-lounger . |
| 60 | I even managed to sneak a ride on the engine , changing at one end to the other , just going out , round and coming back on then . |