Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [verb] back " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |
| 2 | Hollies are not difficult to grow , although I have found a tendency for them to die back badly at maturity in places with cool , wet summers . |
| 3 | A couple of tins of peas left out , try and find a space for them to go back in again . |
| 4 | According to many local people , the police hold refugees without food or water for a few days , then turn them loose in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to walk back . |
| 5 | And no one for them to strike back against . |
| 6 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 7 | And er the foreman and bosses that knew people and they knew the circumstances and I suppose they put a word in and erm you know men were sort of stopped because er I mean , if a man had a house full of children or something , he 'd probably be the very last you know before he was sort of forced to g you know sacked or wh And I mean they were n't sacked in a sense , they was always ready there was a place ready for them to come back to there . |
| 8 | They always do that , the saucy wenches , they like to tease and make me beg for them to come back . |
| 9 | It 's quite exciting waiting for them to come back . |
| 10 | For Zoe 's sake it might be necessary for them to come back . |
| 11 | Also pensioners , there 's now more of an incentive for them to come back on to the labour market . |
| 12 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 13 | As he pointed out , it was n't safe for me to go back on my own . |
| 14 | The day came for me to go back to work . |
| 15 | ‘ What reason is there for me to go back ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There is nothing for me to go back to , ’ she says , ‘ nothing for me to live off . |
| 17 | That is why I think it is good for me to go back to Scotland to remember that there is a world outside London and television . |
| 18 | After tea she wrapped up some fruit cake for me to take back home . |
| 19 | It were enough for me to take back to our branch and say " it 's us against them " . " |
| 20 | An emollient reply was drafted for me to send back . |
| 21 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 22 | And he admitted : ‘ I know it is going to be a hard slog for me to get back , but after what I have been through I 'm not bothered how hard it is going to be . |
| 23 | I 'm right off the side of the bike so it takes much longer for me to get back on it and control the slide . ’ |
| 24 | I 've got a sale to go to at nine , and you know how difficult it is for me to get back to sleep once I 've been woken . ’ |
| 25 | Although I would have kept all the notes and drafts and I could , therefore , reconstruct how a poem is written , it 's my experience that once it 's been written it 's very hard for me to imagine back to the time when it was n't written . |
| 26 | The divorce was very traumatic , full of accusations , stamping of feet and pleading from Marie for me to come back . |
| 27 | Okay I 'll put together some ideas based on the areas we 've discussed today and if we can arrange a time for me to come back I can present my recommendations to you . |
| 28 | So when would be the best time for me to come back and present these ideas to you ? |
| 29 | And I 'll wait for you come back . |
| 30 | Come , we must choose some for you to take back with you . |