Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big men do n't cry so the saying goes , so I hold back the tears — but they 're there none the less . |
| 2 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 3 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
| 4 | Ali and I go back a long way . |
| 5 | Tyler and I go back a few years . |
| 6 | Yes , Nicole and I go back a long way , and yes , you could say that we 're involved on more than just a superficial level . |
| 7 | ‘ Jeffrey and I go back an awful long way , and it makes a lot of sense for him to be published by us on both sides of the Atlantic , ’ Mr Bell commented . |
| 8 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 9 | If I hold back the tears , the feeling becomes locked or blocked in my body . |
| 10 | they charged me thirty six quid for a plus V A T , plus a fiver till I bring back the other one . |
| 11 | ‘ Now will you wait for me here in the dark till I take back the keys , and not imagine I 've locked you in to starve ? |
| 12 | That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that . |
| 13 | When I look back the me of those days bears no relation at all to the me now . |