Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the previous page are five of their most popular shapes , all of which can be worked onto the face or brushed back as an alternative . |
| 2 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 3 | Pilots have complained that airlines force them to work long hours , new jets are being grounded or sent back to the manufacturers for modification , and the government has been attacked for a series of embarrassing lapses at major airports . |
| 4 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 5 | Every culture , however imperfectly and blindly , either turned towards the light or fell back into the darkness . |
| 6 | Each year straw equivalent to 3.6 million tonnes of coal is wasted , usually burnt in the field or ploughed back into the ground . |
| 7 | It was only when she had closed the door behind her and was hurrying along the corridor that led back into the hall that she noticed the painting . |
| 8 | At the one-way door that led back into the station 's tiny foyer and reception area , she stepped aside for him and said , ‘ I hope you find her . ’ |
| 9 | When she went through the door that led back into the kitchen , she found that Julius was still there . |
| 10 | He climbed the short steep ladder that led back onto the deck . |
| 11 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 12 | The upper gallery was lit only by two of the many triple candle-holders in wall-scounces , one at the top of the stairs , and one down the left corridor that led back to the front of the house . |
| 13 | The last thing I wanted was to find myself slithering down the steep craggy section above the corrie , having mistakenly bypassed the Y-shaped gully that led back to the car , yet I could sense I was getting it all a bit wrong . |
| 14 | He threw her a final black look and proceeded to storm past her , then paused at the edge of the path that led back through the gardens . |
| 15 | At the direction of his wife he had taken fourteen full days in the sun that beat back from the Indian Ocean 's azure . |
| 16 | It started in the 38th minute with a straightforward close range blast after Wright destroyed the Ipswich defence and curled an audacious chip-shot that came back from the underside of the bar . |
| 17 | Invariably Titron came up , green water avalanching into white that flared back in the wind . |
| 18 | Rain said , exasperated , that each route led to the same point and that meant back to the Tunisian . |
| 19 | Only in London and Liverpool was there any tradition of Mat building that went back to the middle of the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | Techniques that went back to the age of Aristotle and the scholars of Alexandria were married to contemporary nations , among then the idea , conceived in the time of Leibnitz , of a historiography based on the study of original documents ; and the marriage bore fruit . |
| 21 | Through Morndun she saw writhing spirits and running ghosts that drifted back into the trees as her haunting gaze fell upon them and they became aware of being watched . |
| 22 | Her leg cracked against a trailer bar that sloped back to a set of wheels . |
| 23 | The smell that floated back from the river with its docks and factories was unpleasant , like her life at present . |
| 24 | The van slewed wildly , but kept travelling , smoke appearing from its rear tyres as it swerved and skidded back towards the exit . |
| 25 | Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car . |
| 26 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 27 | Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm . |
| 28 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 29 | Sara mounted her bicycle and rode back to the cottage . |
| 30 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |