Example sentences of "back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Make sure you lean back through a curved spine and rock off the heel of your hands for added support .
2 It was not her harmonica , it was higher pitched , a peeping sound like a poor recording played back through a tiny speaker .
3 I was on my way down at three o'clock in the strange light of an ominous red dawn , back through a sleeping Fort William and on board for breakfast , weary but elated with my stolen night on the roof of Britain .
4 That came back through a separate AC30 so they could both distort to their hearts ’ content and not interfere with each other .
5 and come back as a bloody teenager with big tits and everything .
6 I felt the spiritual strength that had deserted me flowing back as a warm glow that welled up inside , filling my being .
7 And finally , it is the ability to open the arms of memory to welcome them back as a valued part of the whole life experience , with which it is possible to live at peace , without pain , and with a sense of completeness at last ; and when this has been accomplished the bereaved are ready to embrace life again .
8 Erm anyway he he may well come back as a visiting
9 A recruitment committee is to be formed to provide jobs for players and Greville Edwards has been invited back as a commission-only commercial manager to revive the sponsorship and hospitality income .
10 Rincewind peered around the doorframe and jerked back as a heavy throwing axe whirred past like a partridge .
11 I 'm going to recommend that you are taken off duty immediately and sent back for a three-month intensive retraining schedule , ’
12 THE death of a father-of-four , mown down as he cycled home from the shops , has brought tragic memories flooding back for a young mother .
13 Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched .
14 Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out .
15 So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’
16 so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time .
17 One admires the results as one might standing back for a painted landscape , yet I miss the sensation of really ‘ being there ’ .
18 The path follows the road out of Port Isaac and at the top it 's worth glancing back for a final look at this fascinating place .
19 There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow .
20 They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late .
21 The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either .
22 If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation .
23 Had they been set free any nearer they would almost certainly have found their way back for a free meal of milk and green bananas at the orang-utans ' tea party .
24 Well really when I had the same thing , you know , and goes back for a little bit this morning and er same sort of thing .
25 Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ?
26 They said they 'd be back for a merry night , whatever that might mean . ’
27 In their first season back after a six-year absence , Northop won the OCS Clwyd League Division Two title and the Halkyn Cup playing their home fixtures at Connah 's Quay Sports Centre .
28 Veteran Ward , 35 , back after a three-week absence caused by a neck injury , powered upfield in the 58th minute , slipped a pass behind him to allow Tea Ropati to kick the ball forward towards the try-line .
29 Darren Clarke fired 71 for six under while Ronan Rafferty is one shot further back after a disappointing 74 .
30 Darren Clarke fired 71 for six under while Ronan Rafferty is one shot further back after a disappointing 74 .
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