Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traders have hit back with a T shirt campaign , warning town shoppers and town planners alike of what they see as a threat to the very fabric of the town centre . |
| 2 | After only getting 7 points compared to my target of 10 from the first 6 games , the lads have come back with 14 from the next 6 . |
| 3 | So many funds have held back from investing . |
| 4 | THE QE2 's owners Cunard have hit back after a US federal review board blamed confusion and poor communication for the world 's largest liner running aground off the US east coast last summer . |
| 5 | Companies have rushed back into debt , mainly to finance overseas acquisitions , especially in Britain and America . |
| 6 | American supermarkets have hit back by cutting many of their prices and printing more money off coupons . |
| 7 | Conservationists have gone back to an ancient method of catching ducks , using a dog to lure the birds into a net . |
| 8 | Cambridge have slipped back in recent weeks . |
| 9 | Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report . |
| 10 | HOSPITAL fund raisers have hit back at claims that they were staging a begging plea in a bid to find more cash . |
| 11 | But he 's moaning to me the other week about you know , er and I bloody near said to him , well er , things have come back on you know , but I should of |
| 12 | NOW that the blush of embarrassment at their mixed showing in the Gulf war has worn off , Europeans have gone back to doing what they do best : dickering over abstractions . |
| 13 | I mean , I know that a lot of the calls they get are practical , people have come back from the Gulf with no money , no home , I mean they 've lived there for years and years and years , without the family network sometimes to keep them going , or friends , friends , they 've , they 've lost all of their , and it 's , it 's not easy . |
| 14 | yeah , so why do they call him Harry all the time , Harry for a boy , that 's awful I mean a lot of the old names , we talked about the other day , a lot of the old names have come back for children , but I mean I do n't think Harry should be |
| 15 | ( ANN ) Teachers of the pioneering Peto system for children with cerebral palsy have hit back at the suggestion it may be a waste of money . |
| 16 | In effect , landlords have clawed back for themselves an increasing proportion of rate relief on premises within enterprise zones . |
| 17 | The important thing to remember , however , is that in many cases no definitive diagnosis can be made until the results have come back from the laboratory and the fact that nothing has been found at the time of the first visit does not mean that the follow-up visit should be missed . |
| 18 | ‘ The verderers have gone back to the Ridgery . ’ |
| 19 | Others have slipped back to their old ways . |
| 20 | Charles and Maurice Saatchi have stepped back from the top executive roles and have recruited Frenchman Robert Louis-Dreyfus as chief executive . |
| 21 | Charles and Maurice Saatchi have stepped back from the top executive roles and have recruited Frenchman Robert Louis-Dreyfus as chief executive . |
| 22 | I think mind , a lot of the problem is because women have gone back to work is n't it ? |
| 23 | Other authorities have held back before embarking on such highly desirable projects because of that uncertainty in the law . |
| 24 | But with falling profits many employers have cut back on the perk . |
| 25 | Many theological students and those training for the mission field have started back at University and College . |
| 26 | I note that the Opposition 's tax plans have gone back to the drawing board ; after five years of careful preparation , they have been ditched in a period of five weeks . |
| 27 | The ICI shares have fallen back from £14 to near £10 . |
| 28 | Shares have slipped back from a high of 440p and a lot of the blame lies with its US offshoot Keebler . |
| 29 | THE fish and chip women of Barnard Castle have hit back at claims that ladies serving Britain 's best-loved dish are traditionally fat and ugly . |
| 30 | I came prepared to be mildly pleased — one or two rumours have trickled back to Vienna , you know — and find myself overwhelmed . |