Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] back [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 'd compare this inside view of machismo with the deconstruction of masculinity in Scorsese 's films : in Taxi Driver , for example , we 're drawn into vicarious participation in a spectacular massacre , only for the camera to draw back and reveal the real carnage , suffering and shock that such an exercise of male power entails . |
| 32 | The new editor shares with the retiring one a proper reverence for the game , balanced by an ability to stand back and view it with a perspective born of experience of other important things in life . |
| 33 | We have suggested that a feature of leadership is the ability to stand back and take the wider perspective . |
| 34 | The need for patience and the ability to stand back and let the groups reach their own decisions became new management skills . |
| 35 | ‘ I like to watch life and I guard my ability to stand back or to move in very jealously . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ The appetite is certainly there and I 'm keen enough , but I do n't way to come back and let myself down . |
| 37 | Lermontov left his seat to go and neck with Tsvetaeva , and Solzhenitsyn gave up his place at the front to go back and chat to Gogol and Pushkin . |
| 38 | It is not open to the promisor to go back and undo the loss ; he is able only to make it good , and this can be done only by an award of damages in the amount of the promisee 's interest . |
| 39 | Such is the relief of producing the final report that there is a great temptation to sit back and wait for congratulations . |
| 40 | Because we are engaged in practical actions of great complexity , which we nevertheless ‘ pull off ’ day after day , we have little time to stand back and analyse how we do all the things that we do . |
| 41 | It is the perfect time to stand back and look at how the beauty of nature can enhance your surroundings . |
| 42 | He tripped over a fallen body and this gave Balliol sufficient time to jump back and slam the door shut behind him . |
| 43 | Winter is the time to lie back and sink into the great British bath . |