Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] back [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first case , elitism does not provide an explanation , being merely a loose term to describe a social category about which other features rather than the elite characteristic provide what explanation there is ; in the second case , the power elite looks remarkably like a social class , and elite explanation has come back full circle to its point of departure . |
| 2 | AT&T Microelectronics has bought back worldwide marketing rights in the ISDN chip it developed for Sun Sparcstation 10s and has contracted with CoSystems Inc to sell and support the widget . |
| 3 | Recession has brought back racial politics . |
| 4 | Having bought back this establishment from his former employers , Trusthouse Forte , his new freedom from the body corporate has inspired him to create a serious £23 dinner menu and leave the comfortable grey-blue decor well alone . |
| 5 | He could n't have got back last night . |
| 6 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 7 | It would be surprising if less prosperous sections of the community had not been equally attacked by disease at this time , and casualties of that extent would certainly have set back any recovery of the population . |
| 8 | It should have gone back last week , and I |
| 9 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 10 | He had got back that night , had n't he ? |
| 11 | Jo and Maggie and some of the others from work had gone back last week and met them again . |
| 12 | Our 1989 Gardeners of the year , Hilary and Norman Sharp , have sent back this report from their holiday prize in Penang and Singapore |