Example sentences of "able [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was so demonstrably unfair that SAVE was able to hit back by seeking leave for judicial review . |
| 2 | Particularly when the ability to be rational about specific issues becomes diverted into a petulant or punitive attitude , and one can not trust oneself to ‘ keep one 's cool ’ , yet the feelings demand expression , it may be easier to ‘ blow up ’ with those who seem less able to hit back effectively . |
| 3 | I lie still hoping that I will be able to fall back to sleep , but knowing it is a waste of time . |
| 4 | It is suggested that applying losses to the preceding three years on a ‘ first in , first out ’ , rather than the existing ‘ last in , first out ’ , basis would decrease the possibility that companies are not able to carry back losses to periods in which profits were made . |
| 5 | Rev Eric Shegog , Director of Communication for the Church of England , said that he hoped the working party would be able to report back in the autumn of 1992 . |
| 6 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 7 | With this new approach we are able to sit back and enjoy the delightful escapades of young kittens at play without any moral posturing . |
| 8 | It was n't jerky , just a little unsettling , and Maxim might not have been asking so many questions if he 'd been able to sit back and watch the countryside flow past . |
| 9 | If all goes well , you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn . |
| 10 | We never thought we would not be able to go back . |
| 11 | ‘ He was able to go back and forth with them , a thing we could never be bothered to do . |
| 12 | I was sad not to be able to go back to Fulham for St Cecilia 's Day . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll be able to go back on the streets , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Your leg might not be able to go back very far to start with . |
| 15 | He would then unaccountably find that the world was no longer about to end and would be able to go back to work . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've come too far from the ways of men to be able to go back now … but we must get away from that sea ! ’ |
| 17 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |
| 18 | Will he find time to consider the plight of my constituent , Mrs. Christine Williamson , who , after 25 years at home nursing a severely disabled child is now able to go back into the labour market , but finds herself in a Catch-22 situation ? |
| 19 | ’ And then mercifully he lost interest and fell asleep and I was able to go back to my researches in the library . |
| 20 | So then I was able to go back to the library . ’ |
| 21 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , Bernie , I have n't been able to bring myself to tell you this , but I 'm not sure if I 'll ever be able to go back on stage . |
| 23 | It 'll make the difference between me going back to work and not being able to go back to work . |
| 24 | Do they think you 'll be able to go back to work ? |
| 25 | And is Janet , has Janet been able to go back to work yet ? |
| 26 | and that , that 's why their er you know , Shaun , erm , Amelda brought erm Moyra down with the babies , you know she was up there and she could help her down , but Shaun is coming down now wi , this weekend in the car and of course they 'll be able to go back in the car , erm there 's , there 's gon na be a party for erm , of course should warn the girl Of course that 's the awful thing about it is n't it ? |
| 27 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
| 28 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |
| 29 | If a home does not meet the minimum standard , the owner will be able to claim back all the money spent within the first year after purchase on raising it to that level , through , for example , home insulation , up to the amount of stamp duty they paid when they bought the property ( up to the maximum of £1000 ) . |
| 30 | If you have been missing out , you may be able to claim back anything you have lost for up to six years and should receive a tax rebate . |