Example sentences of "[noun] back [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 32 | Jenna changed into a soft woollen dress of dark blue and tied her hair back in a band . |
| 33 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 34 | They 're obliged to charge us a certain amount for access , but they 're talking about giving us that money back as a grant . |
| 35 | ‘ We 've invested our money back into a system others can come through , which is a way for us to stay fresh and help people we believe in . ’ |
| 36 | An example of that would be if you bought a new pocket calculator and then find it wo n't work then the legal position is the shop have broken their contract with you , because they 've sold you a pocket calculator which is not of merchantable quality , and you should be entitled to money back in a case like that . |
| 37 | Meanwhile , there were great victories in Eastern Europe , where in 1943–4 the Russians pushed the Germans back along a 1600-kilometre front ( CORE , pp. 69–70 ) . |
| 38 | The £50 offered daily to the first AE to get a bike back with a client 's cheque , seemed to the world-weary AEs worth more than three times the equivalent , as paid at the end of the month . |
| 39 | Wycliffe pushed his chair back with a show of irritation . |
| 40 | In one case the author was involved in , the widow ( after the deed of variation ) was able to convince the CTO that she only considered making the gifts back after a cocktail party she attended and at which the topic of conversation was inheritance tax . |
| 41 | Wattana did pull one frame back with a run of 107 in frame 10 — his first century of the tournament — before Hendry regained control . |
| 42 | Pascoe took the lift back down a floor . |
| 43 | Please post loans back in a sound Jiffy bag to prevent damage . |
| 44 | The lick starts on A minor at the 5th position and then moves towards its ‘ target ’ final note ( D ) which resolves the tension and takes the phrase back to A minor at the 10th position . |
| 45 | Moreover the approach should work in reverse : if the initial state is one of excess supply in the labour market , money wage adjustments should nudge the economy back to a position of overall full employment at U . |
| 46 | It is easy to find fault with any programme for converting a planned economy back into a market one . |
| 47 | We were fortunate to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4x4 Estate for our weekend trip , which , with its sure-footed permanent four-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 48 | We were fortunate enough to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4×4 Estate for our weekend trip which , with its sure-footed permanent 4-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 49 | We have put in a lot of hard work to get our cricket back to a level where we can compete with the best sides in the world . |
| 50 | Minter tossed the word back like a dart . |
| 51 | Goldman swapped that obligation back into a market rate of 8% . |
| 52 | They had most of the game throughout but did not make the most of their opportunities in the first-half while in the second-half , with the driving rain at their backs , they pressed Watton back with a series of corners . |
| 53 | New Zealand pushed out to 26-15 with a Kevin Iro try and a second from Elia , but after David Tanner had pegged two points back with a penalty , the winger claimed the try of the match by finishing a thrilling move between Phil Veivers and Mark Bailey . |
| 54 | Although Graves pulled three points back with a penalty goal , there was no let-up as Gregory put over the second dropped goal of the season . |
| 55 | The decoder at the other end converts the sequence of beeps back into a code which identifies the caller . |
| 56 | Divisions amongst delegates appeared over Buxton 's stance ; the anger and the grounds for it amongst many provincial militants were clear in the report back to a meeting of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society . |
| 57 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 58 | But now her husband 's lawyers are asking the High Court to order her to put the children back on a plane to the United States . |
| 59 | While all this was going on I was in the middle of trying to buy my farm back from a pension fund . |
| 60 | Several boats had followed and were waiting to transport the tourists back to a civilisation that seemed so very far away from the respite of these fascinating caves . |