Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] back [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Habsburgs advanced step by step , with occasional setbacks , the Turks were gradually pushed back south of the Sava and Danube , and the military frontier was re-established along the full length of the line from Transylvania to the Adriatic . |
| 2 | This army arrived too late , and stopping only to destroy part of the Chaos Army 's rearguard , quickly turned back south in pursuit of the main Chaos force . |
| 3 | Well next door but one are having erm double glazed back window , you know that main lounge window and the the guy 's parked halfway across the drive with the van , left it there all in disarray you can just about get your car up and round and brains that some of these people |
| 4 | The Chancellor has also cut back tax relief on relocation packages for employees . |
| 5 | Infrastructure problems also held back investment . |
| 6 | The cuckoo ha' now flown back hoom ! |
| 7 | Not at the OK corral out west , but at the entrance to a dimly lit back court down south … of Glasgow . |
| 8 | The ‘ Pezzo informa di Sonatina ’ first movement turns out to be a fairly laid back affair , with every attempt made to lighten the load of Tchaikovsky 's passionately heavy scoring , even to the point of having multi-spread quadruple stopping reduced to simultaneously sounded double stops . |
| 9 | Keele University 's registrar Dr David Cohen said last night : ‘ This incident undoubtedly set back research . |
| 10 | He shuns the irritating forcefulness , with its overtures of hype common to most publicists and has an almost laid back way of presenting the group . |
| 11 | Jon Gittens ' over-hit back pass was dipping under the bar until quick-thinking Pears turned it over with a neatly executed back header . |