Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In preparing this Address I had the opportunity to reflect back over the last thirty years , reliving those working days when wages were extremely low , working conditions poor and when in industry a person 's life was cheap .
2 I attend the Assembly as a Member of this House and I should like the opportunity to report back to the House , during a proper debate , on what I am doing in the Council of Europe .
3 This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard .
4 The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books .
5 The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books .
6 The Prince went back to the bible and put his hand on it .
7 The base goes back to the RAFin SEptember 94. it 's not yet known what will be done with the land but many local people hope it 'll be used the upper H
8 Tipping the handgrip back to the vertical allows the mercury to flow back into the bottom of the cup , so breaking the contact .
9 The muscles bounce ; thus the runner gains back from the environment most of the energy he needs for his rebound .
10 Godard has revealingly said that cinema is dependent on capitalism in two senses : first in the making of the film and second that ‘ in film the money comes back in the image ’ ( MacCabe 1980 , p. 27 ) .
11 The idea of the Temple went back to the time of Moses when God commanded a tabernacle ( i.e. a tent ) to be built in which to keep the Ark of the Covenant .
12 The erm the views coming back from the consultant were obviously er so follow occasions but not dramatically so .
13 By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go .
14 Quacking and complaining , the ducks hopped back into the water and swam away .
15 You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools .
16 The guards were changed and the prisoners settled back onto the luggage racks or the floor or the upright wooden seats to sleep .
17 Gerry 's champing at the bit to get back on the box
18 More bangs from the rear of the house , the door through to the kitchen slammed back against the wall , the room filled with soldiers , and in the wrecked doorway a tall , slim officer was making a small ceremony of ushering in a man with long grey hair and a black coat .
19 The large part of the responsibility falls back on the parents — or , in some cases , on grandparents .
20 After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel .
21 The two nomes watching the lane hurried back into the quarry to report .
22 The building dates back to the early 1800s and although it was partly rebuilt in the early 1900s it still resembles the original design .
23 The Admiral climbed back into the saddle and gathered his reins .
24 The reverse should also be considered ; that is , why should n't the user feed back into the system so that the system performs in a way that is best for the user ?
25 The story goes back to the major earthquake , magnitude 7 on the Richter scale , which rocked Greece in February 1981 .
26 The loop is now formed around the bobbin case , and the thread drawn back through the needle by the take-up lever usually found on the front of the machine .
27 But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties .
28 The driver sauntered back from the office , and was joined by two labourers who would load his cart .
29 The origin of the synagogue goes back to the Babylonian period .
30 The mud-slinging splashed back in the face of the accuser .
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