Example sentences of "back [coord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should make it clear whether you will phone back or whether you wish to be telephoned . |
| 2 | They might know whether they got it back or whether it went . |
| 3 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 4 | A common complaint is that the straps are too far back and that the board keeps turning into the wind . |
| 5 | They found that the swamp was forcing them back and that they could no longer keep even an erratic southward course but were withdrawing towards the east , away from where they believed the Outlaws ' Camp lay . |
| 6 | ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football . |
| 7 | So they were both back and that meant that Jasper was too . |
| 8 | Oh , the dear love , thought Leith , having just realised that , heartsick for a sight of Rosemary , he must have been hoping that Rosemary was back and that she might , if asked , come over for a cup of coffee . |
| 9 | There is no going back and so they must be accurate and precise . |
| 10 | The next tier is a long way back and though there is another tier below that again with a lot of potential , they are some years away . ’ |
| 11 | Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate . |
| 12 | Cardiff turned back and when Gilbert saw that he was watching , he became instantly silent . |
| 13 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I kept sending the demands back and when I went in I was told not to worry , they had to send them to the last known address . |
| 15 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 16 | Inanimate matter does n't answer back and if you get fed up with what you 're doing you throw it down the sink or get rid of it . |
| 17 | But er with the the the er the original the the first one , you had to heat it up with a blowlamp and you had to be very very careful to get it just to the right heat , before if you tried to start it too cold , it would kick back and if was too hot again , it just would n't start . |
| 18 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 19 | Like I said , nine out of ten if I touch my brakes they 'll drop back and if they do n't then there ai n't nothing I 'm gon na do that 's gon na make them drop back . |
| 20 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
| 21 | When they were away , there was always the worry that they would never come back but when they got home , they always brought with them gossip of other places and other people . |
| 22 | They are not designed as artistic structures from which to stand back but as vital nourishment for the journey to which they point . |