Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 2 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
| 3 | It was not pretty to watch , with the ball often being held up and played back to Cann , but it was effective , and Farnham were ready to strike when their own chance came along . |
| 4 | Then , standing up and leaning back into the shadow , she flung the jharo with all the strength she possessed across the border of flowers and into the dark pool of space beyond the firelit roof . |
| 5 | Drink up and get back to bed . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes , when he did , he wondered whether , however daunting the operation seemed , he would sell up and move back to London . |
| 7 | It was a relief when they could get up and move back to the sitting-room . |
| 8 | He tried to stand up and fell back with a little snort of pain . |
| 9 | Lee got up and ran back to the toilet , picking up the helmet that was on the floor . |
| 10 | Erm members will remember at the last er , personal services committee on the twenty fourth of June er , the option to put forward by the Environment Trust and Widdings er , builders was accepted as the one that er officers could pursue and to actually get some final proposals worked up and bring back to both the neighbourhood committee and this committee . |
| 11 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 12 | Dr Sasaki got up and went back to work . |
| 13 | He got up and went back to the pony , climbing on as Nutty had told him . |
| 14 | Rupert got up and went back to his desk massaging his scalp with both hands . |
| 15 | After a while she locked the door again , got up and went back to the glass table . |
| 16 | ‘ So , when you failed to find him , you gave up and went back to the car to look for your nine iron ? ’ |
| 17 | He got up and went back to the window , willing the door 's reflection to move . |
| 18 | She went and picked our Kia up and went back to Bill 's . |
| 19 | Replacing the plate , she stood up and went back inside the house , banging her slippers on the step to get rid of the snow . |
| 20 | But Karen lapped it up and came back for more . |
| 21 | No sooner was I home and motherly than it was time to dress up and head back to the theatre . |
| 22 | ‘ Another job well done , Ralph , let's pack up and head back to the station . ’ |
| 23 | By mid-season Lotus had given up and gone back to the 72 . |
| 24 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 25 | During every song fans jumped up and dived back into the crowd much to her initial annoyance and then amusement . |
| 26 | He actually got up and staggered back to his jungle lair somewhere in darkest Soho when nobody was looking . |
| 27 | Really , his point made — a kind of behave yourself young lad , or you will come to a sticky end — he stood up and wandered back to the bar . |
| 28 | He swung his feet up and leaned back with his head on a cushion . |
| 29 | It was now five twenty-five and he rubbed a hand over his unshaven face as he hung up and leaned back in his chair for a moment until the call from Pontino should come through . |