Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] back [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's at the top of Geal-Charn that you must make the decision to go back or carry on to Carn Dearg . |
| 2 | So you would still be able to identify targets but those targets may become a bit more general , I E because in the past the landlord as a class had always sided with the Kuomintang then i it gives you the opportunity to go back and attack them , almost the landlords per se in a way you could n't during the Japanese war because clearly loyal landlords were fighting the Japanese . |
| 3 | Jesus said just before he was living his disciples , his followers , you and me , he said you shall receive power after the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me yes we witness by our life but there 's a danger in making that a cop out , because one other requirement of a witness is that they talk , they 've got ta say what they know , these four men were good witnesses , they went back and they told the city what they had found , and there 's placed upon you and me that responsibility to go back and to tell what we 've found , this is a day of good tidings , we do wrong to keep silent . |
| 4 | Luckily , you do n't have to dance every night … you have plenty of opportunity to sit back and relax in the evenings when the entertainments team do their bit ! |
| 5 | But the men from the Midlands had enjoyed themselves so well , they decided the engraved glass trophy should stay in Scotland to give them the excuse to come back and play for it again ! |
| 6 | He will have little opportunity to stand back and examine the data in the cool light of the academic ‘ ivory tower ’ . |
| 7 | Germain Viatte : This is an opportunity to stand back and take stock . |
| 8 | This forced the defender to chase back and dive for the ball in the mud . |
| 9 | It 's not a defeat to turn back and return on a better day . |
| 10 | A law to encourage the industry to take back and reuse its rubble has languished for three years in the environment ministry . |
| 11 | Now , foreign dogmatism threatens to drive the government down a road it abhors — forcing it to oblige industry to take back and recycle the packaging it ships its product in . |
| 12 | All this in a foreign country , for them a long way from home to go back and consult . |
| 13 | Sometimes a single son or daughter will give up their own home to come back and care for parents . |
| 14 | In periods of slump , for example , they may be drawn out of the labour market more quickly than other groups ( particularly unskilled and semi-skilled older workers ) ; in periods of labour shortage , the justification for retiring and becoming a ‘ non-producing consumer ’ may be questioned as part of a campaign to call back or retain people in the labour force . |
| 15 | One wanted to go in and break it up , a second to stay back and let them go home . |
| 16 | I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response . |
| 17 | Funding for general ecumenical efforts has decreased as denominations see the need to pull back and develop their own ministry rather than provide cooperative support . |
| 18 | A chance to sit back and remember their magical 3-1 win over Tranmere in the first leg at the County Ground . |
| 19 | And I I , I , I commend this to the church and I , and I 'm glad the commissioner had a chance to come back and speak again about his concern about erm the waiting list for transplants . |
| 20 | Well it depends , you know , it depends if I expect erm my landlord to come back and chop my head off or something . |
| 21 | But Spurs found the character to come back and equalise through Gordon Durie on 56 minutes , and United manager Alex Ferguson applauded the new competitive edge to a side that ended his team 's run of five straight wins . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two goal leaf away to First Division and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 23 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two-goal lead away to a First Division side and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 24 | And George Duffield knows she has the star quality to come back and go one better next year . |
| 25 | I said if he beat Bruno , I would pay him a king 's ransom to come back and fight Mike Tyson in London . |
| 26 | You are given a much needed breathing space to sit back and assess what progress you 've made so far in life and where you 're likely to go from here . |
| 27 | He was not the man to sit back and boast . |
| 28 | Initially conceived to capitalise on Time Out being off the streets , it was clearly a mistake to sit back and allow Time Out to return first . |
| 29 | Because we are immersed in the culture of the modern world as actor-participants , it takes an effort of will to stand back and look clearly with Christian discernment . |
| 30 | But he does n't want to talk money he 's hoping to get that bitch to come back and live with him and she does n't like us ! |