Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
| 2 | What 's happening about your car , is Craig going to take it back with him ? |
| 3 | The footswitch socket is a DIN type , hence the plug is somewhat flimsy — stand on it and you could spend the rest of the gig trying to get it back into shape . |
| 4 | When demand and supply are in stable equilibrium , if any accident should move the scale of production from its equilibrium position , there will be instantly brought into play forces tending to push it back to that position ; just as , if a stone hanging by a string is displaced from its equilibrium position , the force of gravity will at once tend to bring it back to its equilibrium position . |
| 5 | ‘ There 'll be a plane waiting to take us back to Northolt . ’ |
| 6 | So erm have a problem trying to get it back . |