Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be emergency situations , for instance if your dog cuts its paw or is bitten by a poisonous snake , when you will need to carry it back to the vehicle or home . |
| 2 | Oxford United are facing their own big challenge … four defeats in a row has dropped them back into the bottom half of the table … last home win was this one against Millwall … tomorrow they should … they must dish out the same treatment to struggling Southend |
| 3 | The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth |
| 4 | They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to put something back into the game that has given me a good life . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Cricket gave me so much that I want to put something back into the game and teaching the youngsters how to play is a rewarding way of doing it . |
| 7 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
| 8 | Yet , curiously , the science that has changed the presentation of text has brought it back under the control of a single person , just as it was when the first presses printed . |
| 9 | ‘ But the affair went wrong — and that 's what has brought you back across the Tasman . |
| 10 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 11 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 12 | She tried to think herself back into the part of Peter 's fiancée . |
| 13 | ‘ It has put me back on the golf course , ’ he said . |
| 14 | His injury is now completely cured and , after an early season rocket from Loftus Road manager Gerry Francis , he has put himself back on the trail to match last term 's 24-goal haul . |
| 15 | Is your boss still being sympathetic about your problems , or is he itching to get you back to the office ? ’ |
| 16 | We are restricted somewhat by time , because I want to get everybody back in the main auditorium to listen to what I know is going to be a fantastic lecture by Professor Don , er from Baltimore , which I would certainly recommend that everybody go and see . |
| 17 | So think of some number right divide it by a hundred and twenty now we want to get it back to the number we first thought of so what |
| 18 | I want to get you back to the house and into a warm bed . ’ |
| 19 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be unwise to try to move her back to the Rectory , ’ Tom Horrocks was saying . |
| 21 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 22 | Denying armchair dog punters instant access to the results is claimed to steer them back to the tracks whose attendances have dipped from 30million to under 4million . |
| 23 | Elijah has to drag them back from the worship of the heathen fertility gods introduced by Jezebel . |
| 24 | In this case , the Bank buys bills but agrees to sell them back to the market at an agreed price some time in the future . |
| 25 | By the 1970s he 'd moved it back onto the street . |
| 26 | I remembered — I 'd stuffed it back in the envelope with my dreams . |
| 27 | Striding out for charity FIVE unemployed people who have been given a place on a training scheme at British Aerospace Airbus , Broughton , have decided to give something back to the community by a sponsored walk from Bangor to BAe Broughton over two days starting on June 24 . |
| 28 | Sparta had taken Delphi out of Phokian control ; Athens intervened to give it back to the Phokians , and that was that . |
| 29 | But still United pushed forward , Simpson a free kick went over the cross bar in the twenty third minute and then , just as I was giving a flash to Radio Oxford listeners , United pulled one back on the half hour . |
| 30 | ‘ Narcissist , ’ I said , wanting to get her back into the subject ; but she dropped it . |