Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checking back replies with the parents can confirm these family views and allow the parents to talk further and explain what it means . |
| 2 | She supported the Russian revolution , and travelled twice to the famine regions in Russia ( 1922–3 ) , sending back articles to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 3 | They began to look for more drink and the Junior showed his initiative by going up to the off-licence with the Porter and bringing back armfuls of the stuff . |
| 4 | Darwin himself contributed to this trend by bringing back fossils from the voyage of the Beagle showing that the past inhabitants of South America were closely related to the modern ones . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is sufficient to say that prior to cutting back parts of the Forêt de la Montagne , the slopes of Verzy were not dissimilar topographically to those of the Côte des Blancs . |
| 6 | The diesel never feels slovenly and can be hurried along snaking back roads with the sort of haste which soon makes you forget that derv , not four-star ( or unleaded ) , goes into its fuel tank . |
| 7 | But the eccentric goalkeeper , famous for his willingness to race out of his area , has been helped by the new law banning back passes to the goalkeeper . |
| 8 | Until a tax avoidance clause is incorporated into law which would require corporate officials to establish the legality of any avoidance scheme , there will always be a wide-open prairie of opportunity for gouging back profits from the exchequer , leaving ordinary tax-payers to ‘ foot the bill ’ . |