Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 2 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |
| 3 | But it was still unreal when he reached out and , bending over her , gently pushed back the wisps of hair that had loosened from beneath her headband . |
| 4 | She crossed to the other bed , and gently pulled back the sheet which covered him . |
| 5 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 6 | Delays in the determination of the final form and decoration of the palace constantly put back the date for the grand house-warming party . |
| 7 | Finally , the operator pulled out a small metal box from a rack underneath his desk , deftly flipped back the lid and plugged in the connection . |
| 8 | After a moment , when her head had settled , muddily , Tabitha slowly turned back the duvet . |
| 9 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 10 | She took a grip on herself , physically pushed back the dark , claustrophobic horror at the point of drowning . |
| 11 | Men do prefer blondes , she thought , and unconsciously pushed back a strand of her own urchin-cut black hair . |
| 12 | A TELEVISION commentator who once referred to the Augusta crowd as a ‘ mob ’ so angered tournament officials that he was not invited back the following year . |
| 13 | On the right , just set back a bit . |
| 14 | While he was enthusing about future advancements in the industry there was perhaps a hint of sadness in leaving it behind — but thoughts of the ‘ challenges of my new career ’ soon put back the sparkle in his eye . |
| 15 | ‘ Not yet , ’ said Scarlet , who had already slugged back a double . |
| 16 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 17 | Yuletide always brought back the memories of little Matthew , taken by the plague , but not before the mite had shown Sir John the wonder with which every child greeted Christmas . |
| 18 | The October decree had also given back the name Vladikavkaz to North Ossetia 's capital , Ordzhonikidze ( renamed after Stalin 's henchman Sergo Ordzhonikidze ) . |
| 19 | On several occasions though the program also brought back a quantity of junk graphics suggesting that its overlay technique was n't foolproof . |
| 20 | Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak . |
| 21 | I thought of him now — he was called Mike Jarvis and he was a great skateboarder — as the congregation swept up the steps , past me and Mrs Danby , and Pike triumphantly pushed back the curtain to reveal the inner sanctum of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 22 | So I rebelled and left and immediately put back the stone in weight . |
| 23 | LUCY SOUTTER , the 22-year-old former champion who nearly quit the game after a long illness , unexpectedly won back the British national title at Newcastle yesterday when she beat Suzanne Horner 9-3 , 9-5 , 9-3 in a final lasting less than 45 minutes . |
| 24 | It was now light , the lamps on the gangway giving murky yellow pools that barely pushed back the inky blackness of a starless night . |
| 25 | With that in mind Charity should have firmly handed back the glasses . |
| 26 | Hindenburg , who had taken part in the victorious campaigns of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 , was now built up into a father figure : the old general who had again thrown back the invaders of the Fatherland . |
| 27 | Yes , we could , if you wish actually cut back the complaint examiner time further because there is a clear , very clear , front runner , who Chris and I both believe is appointable , so if it was a question of getting somebody in more quickly , there is the option of not having the second interview , as long as you 're prepared to , you know , to forego that , to get somebody in quickly , but that , I mean that decision can be made at the time . |