Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emergence of the superego vastly extended this trend because it represented a characteristically human — or , we might say , neurotic — tendency : namely , an ability to redirect a drive to the extent that it is turned back against the ego itself ( i.e. , hate of the father becomes hate of oneself for hating him ) . |
| 2 | The real test of any training , of course , is how well it is applied back at the workface , and apart from Neale 's role in P-E , only the coming cricket season will show him how effective the Grid can be . |
| 3 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 4 | It is set back from the road with a sweeping drive and an ornamental fish-pond in front , now stagnant . |
| 5 | It is set back from the main road , has a small shopping centre and typically Italian lakeside cafés , and is linked to the other lake resorts by steamers . |
| 6 | He agreed with Coningham 's protest against Gothic : ‘ it is going back to the barbarism of the dark ages ’ , and he could not see why all the buildings in the area should be the same style , as the ‘ neighbourhood of Downing Street is full of buildings of totally different styles of architecture ’ . |
| 7 | Use that ‘ eye ’ to hold the end of the Spectra line as it is pulled back through the length of the braid until an inch or 25mm emerges . |
| 8 | The whale turns broadside so that it is lifted back into the sea . |
| 9 | He is moving back towards the bad practice of selective tax shelters , which Mr Lawson had undermined in his five years as chancellor . |
| 10 | Shortly after he is flown back to the mainland , to the most south naval base of Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego . |