Example sentences of "back on to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shriek that went up as she sank back on to a wicker sofa drumming her heels on the ground and yelling and shouting that she wished he were dead , and that she 'd been dishonoured , made him quite alarmed . |
| 2 | The failure of the revolution in Europe , together with events in China and elsewhere , forced the colonial issue back on to the agenda at the Fourth ( 1922 ) , Fifth ( 1924 ) and Sixth ( 1928 ) Comintern Congresses . |
| 3 | Why has it taken so long to bring interconnection back on to the agenda ? |
| 4 | He wrapped this and the fat-soaked bread in sheets of clean newspaper taken from the bathroom , then climbed back on to the stool to see what else he could find . |
| 5 | Perhaps the train in Aunt Louise 's mind had jumped back on to the rail for a while because it was then , in quite a conversational voice , that she began to speak of her daughter . |
| 6 | Moreover , it would be one of the first schemes to implement the Government 's intention of bringing freight back on to the railways . |
| 7 | Because now Cardiff was hauling them through the staircase door and back on to the first-floor landing . |
| 8 | Then he eased her back on to the chaise-longue and gave her a stern look . |
| 9 | If you use brilliant white flowers , such as larkspur or some of the daisies , you must ensure that there are several light tones in the picture , otherwise one 's eye will automatically focus on the white flowers and only then fall back on to the rest of the picture . |
| 10 | ’ cheery voice and shrill whistle will be sadly missed in Malt Dispatch by all the drivers he has guided back on to the doings ! |
| 11 | Pushing it back on to the desk without taking her eyes from it , she said , ‘ I do n't quite see . |
| 12 | She pushed all serious thoughts to the back of her mind and climbed back on to the helter-skelter of excitement and self-confidence induced by the undisguised admiration of Karl Gesner . |
| 13 | Suddenly it 's all there , complete with toilet paper , which you use and then deftly wind back on to the roll . |
| 14 | She slumped back on to the sofa , revealing quite a lot of bare thigh . |
| 15 | She slumped back on to the sofa , burying her face in her hands . |
| 16 | Owen caught her and eased her gently back on to the sofa . |
| 17 | Steve flopped back on to the sofa , his legs over the arm , cradling the glass of champagne in two hands . |
| 18 | Tallis tugged the body back on to the animal , then climbed into the saddle behind it . |
| 19 | Slowly ‘ crunch ’ your head and knees together and then lower your head back on to the floor . |
| 20 | Before doing so I should say by way of parenthesis that I have totally bypassed the colleagues who are currently members of the Government , several of whom suggested privately that they would resign if the Maastricht bill or anything like it is brought back on to the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 21 | Now he has had a chance to regroup and fall back on to the kind of terrain of which he is master — the written minute . |
| 22 | Mr Stephen Joseph , of the pressure group Transport 2000 , said the plans would force people back on to the roads . |
| 23 | Then you can either put it back on to the soil it came from or , before doing this , keep it for a day or two in a small container lined with damp paper tissue . |
| 24 | Howard sinks back on to the day-bed . |
| 25 | She screwed the lid back on to the bottle and replaced it back in the cabinet . |
| 26 | But the ball cannoned into a tree , back on to the course and he salvaged his par to get into the play-off . |
| 27 | In another case , a pimp repeatedly followed a girl to her house in an attempt to force her back on to the streets . |
| 28 | Hardline resistance to Mr Gaidar and his shock therapy programme , which conservatives say is sending millions into beggary , will not have ended with the vote in the Grand Kremlin Palace and is likely to move back on to the streets with more rabble-rousing in coming months . |
| 29 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 30 | He stepped back on to the deck . |