Example sentences of "[noun sg] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said that Mr Fontana had put his mandate back in the hands of the prime minister , Giuliano Amato . |
| 2 | All I had to show for it , as I mopped my brow , were sympathetic words of congratulation back in the pavilion — and the club 's Cricketer of the Year award . |
| 3 | Tracing the origins of Chinese civilisation back to the Yellow River ( Huanghe ) , the ‘ cradle ’ of the nation 's culture , a basic contradiction was noted which continued to have a profound effect on the people . |
| 4 | Outside , in the concourse , the bear-leader passed the chain round the bear 's neck , made a noose of it , and led the bear back to the Underground . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to get an early night , so I 'll just grab a sandwich back at the hotel . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't see much more coming back to the town now . |
| 7 | It was another neighbour , Dandelion , who had now brought the talk back to the Threarah and his indifference to Fiver 's fear . |
| 8 | He put the key back in the lock and opened the door , and then ushered Patrick through before him . |
| 9 | We shook hands on the deal and I grabbed the handles and began to push my first cock sparrow back over the bridge towards the Whitechapel Road . |
| 10 | Self Inflicted Wound , that was how they had referred to sunburn back in the old days of Counter Insurgency . |
| 11 | His merciless tone brought a spark of uncertainty back into the eyes of the Prophet . |
| 12 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 13 | He walked away to the desk , collecting his key , and as he walked towards the lifts he flicked a quick glance back to the girl who 'd been brought up as his daughter . |
| 14 | With a quick glance back at the house he ran to the car . |
| 15 | She suddenly realised that fitzAlan had turned his horse back into the forest , along a parallel course with the river , but out of sight of the small hamlet . |
| 16 | He wheeled his horse back to the barricade and drove the animal hard at the frightened infantrymen . |
| 17 | Doggett spurred away , followed by a reluctant Nosey , while Sharpe dismounted and led his horse back to the chestnut trees which grew at the road 's fork . |
| 18 | With no victor in this game , Tetley are putting the £2,000 allotted to the winning side back into the prize ‘ kitty ’ for the season . |
| 19 | ‘ Probyn had something to prove and he proved it — the guy is a world-class scrummager , ran around like a 21-year-old and scored the try that brought his side back into the match at 20–23 . ’ |
| 20 | I played that on almost every album back in the early days ; it 's a black one and it 's a beautiful guitar . ’ |
| 21 | I now knew that I would have to put the wheelbarrow back on the road next morning , despite a relative abundance of settlements . |
| 22 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 23 | On the face of it , Oi is performing a similar function to early punk — taking rock back to the basics , grafting a class accent on to the music , reviving the original rebel-delinquent cluster — the myth of Elvis-as-hub-cap-thief , a poor white loser up against the Law . |
| 24 | I had my breakfast and carried the tray back along the side colonnade and down the steps to the open door of her cottage . |
| 25 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 26 | He 'd come to complain to me because our student ( teacher ) had asked him to take a tray back to the ( dinner ) hatch . |
| 27 | If this does happen , put one tray back in the oven to keep warm . |
| 28 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 29 | It is necessary to have the lace carriage back on the left before you can knit any rows , so simply slide the carriage back to the left out of the way of the knitting . |
| 30 | It is necessary to have the lace carriage back on the left before you can knit any rows , so simply slide the carriage back to the left out of the way of the knitting . |