Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [indef pn] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They suspect me of something — it is in the air — I am keeping something back . |
| 2 | you 're still interested in , I do n't know whether you 're still interested in speaking but erm , we 've just been approached by the A N C , they 're pulling everybody back , there 's , everybody 's going home . |
| 3 | so that they , they 're getting something back as well as |
| 4 | ‘ Not unless the Russians are holding something back . |
| 5 | I do n't know whether they 're receiving or not , but I 'm getting nothing back . |
| 6 | And I ca n't believe Frank would be holding anything back if he thought it could save a young girl 's life . ’ |
| 7 | So erm I 'm sending one back to national office saying , these hotels are sending confirmation at the full price for local government conference . |
| 8 | I 'm taking nothing back except all of you , she told him . |
| 9 | He had an idea at bast some of the party were keeping something back . |
| 10 | Tulagai and Targoutai were holding everyone back so that they could not push inside . |
| 11 | Yeah I agree with that , if you know somebody well , especially if you know somebody well and if you work with people and you communicate with people you build up trust , and if the communication 's there and people are talking to each other and passing on information , information 's going round and round trust 'll be there , the only time trust disappears is when somebody feels somebody 's keeping something back . |
| 12 | ‘ James , he is keeping something back , is n't he ? ’ |
| 13 | We had some business to discuss , but his mind seemed to be elsewhere : I asked if there was anything wrong and he said ‘ No , ’ but I could tell that he was keeping something back . |
| 14 | Zak himself was calling everyone back into the dining room , saying they should all stay together until we reached Sudbury , which would be soon . |
| 15 | They drove towards Ashdown Forest , and even before they had found a suitable place to stop , Charlotte had begun to recount the events of the past week in such detail that it was obvious she was holding nothing back . |
| 16 | Delaney remembered the feeling he had had that Connors was holding something back . |
| 17 | Always you felt it was holding something back , waiting . |
| 18 | She frowned , sensing that he was holding something back . |
| 19 | I do not think he was holding anything back . ’ |