Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] have [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Saturday Maxim had moved back into Wellington Barracks ; he was supposed to be looking for a new flat to go with his London posting . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Co has swung back on the offensive in the US with a predatory enhanced workstation trade-in programme , which it says accepts the broadest range of workstations , personal computers and X terminals in part exchange for new Precision Architecture RISC workstations and X stations . |
| 3 | A YOUNG soccer star has battled back from serious injury to the brink of major success . |
| 4 | Major debt defaults in Mexico and Brazil had prompted a worldwide retreat from international bank lending and the virtual collapse of the syndicated loan market ; since then , unofficial observers estimated that some $45,000 million of net development capital aid had flowed back from the borrowing countries and towards the lenders . |
| 5 | With relief Suzi had departed back to Hochhauser , feeling she had n't altogether lost face amongst her fellow students after all , her choice of career was still quite artistic and adventurous , it was still ‘ show business ’ in a way — but also overjoyed to be going home . |
| 6 | A garden tractor company has bounced back from the brink of bankruptcy to become a market leader … despite the recession . |
| 7 | Thank you very much I think er councillor said that in er Tory erm motions goes against er Conservative er national policy but what it does identify is a very worrying sub text to the Tory policies of the moment because w means testing for hou for housing welfare has gone back to the worst aspects of the nineteen thirties politics basically . |
| 8 | THE 18-month-old Young Vic Youth Theatre has fought back from the threat of funds-starved closure to launch new season with Brecht and Weill 's The Threepenny Opera . |
| 9 | Many theological students and those training for the mission field have started back at University and College . |
| 10 | The Gold Coast had fallen back from the situation 50 years earlier when English-educated Africans had played a leading part in administration , Christian leadership , the judiciary and the learned professions . |
| 11 | THE fish and chip women of Barnard Castle have hit back at claims that ladies serving Britain 's best-loved dish are traditionally fat and ugly . |
| 12 | Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton . |
| 13 | Clare Wildish has come back for help feeding her second baby , 3 day old Emma . |
| 14 | SINEAD O'CONNOR 's record label Chrysalis has hit back at tabloid criticism of the sleeve of her current single ‘ Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home ’ . |