Example sentences of "[vb -s] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It holds back the contribution to the economy of many highly skilled workers . |
| 2 | And the apostle Paul he gets open the scrolls and he starts in Genesis and he explains the plan of salvation , and he tells him what he 's got ta do , and he explains all the requirements , and about three or four hours later the man 's mind is completely blurred , he does n't understand a word of it , it 's gone way beyond him , course Paul does n't do that , he shoots back the answer straight away , believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved . |
| 3 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 4 | At the moment of death Jesus hands back the Spirit to God ( Luke 23:46 ) . |
| 5 | Upstairs , the main heating is via warmed air , combined with a mechanical heat-recovery system which takes back the heat from the bathroom and kitchen exhausts to warm incoming fresh air . |
| 6 | Barbara Garson peels back the truth about Apple computers and their ilk . |
| 7 | Sutcliffe Catering personnel director Peter Davies said : ‘ This sort of advice really turns back the clock . |
| 8 | Alastair Goodrum turns back the clock to a high speed dash across England in 1811 . |
| 9 | Hi-tech hiccup turns back the clock |
| 10 | Chettle wins back the header but it 's gone straight to Whitlow Thomson takes over and why not the way he 's played . |
| 11 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 12 | 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary . |
| 13 | She goes to the window , treating the rugs spread on the sanded and waxed pine floorboards as stepping-stones , pulls back the curtain , and peers out . |
| 14 | She draws back the sheet |
| 15 | The sea is a jeweller and cutter of gems who daily draws back the green felt covers and displays his precious work and then jealously hides them again with the green covers of the waves . |
| 16 | A similar horror sends back the chorus far from their supposedly civilized city into a desert past where April would be again the cruellest month , as they pray ‘ let the spring not come . |
| 17 | The Hand That Rocks The Cradle sets back the cause of nannies by 50 years — but boy , what a film . |
| 18 | The inclusion of a very attractive volute behind the nut is a major improvement , since it puts back the wood that the bolt-through locking nut removes . |
| 19 | Usually the shop sells the goods , a finance company pays the shop , and the buyer pays back the finance house , usually in month instalments up to two-and-a-half years ; interest rate fixed at start . |
| 20 | If the full amount is not spent , then the employee pays back the difference . |
| 21 | Professor Uitsmijter has suggested what at first seems a crazy solution to my translation problems : I place my tape-recorder next to the phone , he records the laibon 's words in Nairobi and he faxes back the translation . |
| 22 | It has generally been thought a manifestation of the taste which in the immediately following period adapted many fabulous monsters from the East ; but it has no close eastern parallels , and the discovery of the Lefkandi Centaur pushes back the concept in Greece a long way . |
| 23 | The business to which the goods are sold ( if it is registered for VAT ) , when it makes its return to Customs and Excise , claims back the VAT which it has paid on the goods , which is known as the input tax . |
| 24 | Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head , makes the first deep cut . |
| 25 | Generally , though we may have the background threat of Gomez 's South American violence or past humiliation ( Maisie Mountjoy brings back the music hall again ) , the late plays are too conventional to take us again immediately from London to Kinkanja . |
| 26 | At this point Shakespeare brings back the Duke , disguised as a Friar , who sets in motion a complex plot involving several substitutions : of Mariana for Isabella , in Angelo 's bed ; of the head of Ragozine , ‘ a most notorious pirate ’ , for Claudio 's ( IV.iii.69 ) . |
| 27 | If you think all that is carrying the search for sportscar perfection too far , then Porsche will offer you a ‘ Touring ’ version for the same price , which brings back the stereo , sound proofing , door pockets and electric seats . |
| 28 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 29 | It may be the song of the curlew that recalls childhood holidays on the moors and dales , the calls of oystercatchers that bring to mind the seaside , the smell of the salt , the sunshine and ice cream ; or the song of the thrush that brings back the memory of a walk , a place , a friend who shared a memorable day . |