Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] back from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight . |
| 2 | The smoke and steam was being sucked from the wreck by the storm wind anyway , and as it cleared Duvall suddenly shrank back from the shattered car window . |
| 3 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 4 | In fact , I 've just flown back from the States today , and you 'll be glad to hear that the doctors assured me that Liz and Owen are on the road to a full recovery . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just come back from the Thomas Garlands ’ place , sir . ’ |
| 6 | An Oxford aid worker who 's just come back from the Croatian capital Zagreb , says the situation there is getting out of hand . |
| 7 | I 'm not being rude now , I 've just come back from the Gambia and I have n't stopped |
| 8 | There is a dusting of snow in Cwm Glas Mawr and above , while clouds have just rolled back from the summit ridge . |
| 9 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 10 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 11 | Blue watchers are saying that IBM chief John Akers will be out by March or April and that the company in its infinite wisdom will give the job to one of those retired IBMers it just just brought back from the pasture , probably Kaspar Cassoni . |
| 12 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ I 'd just come back from the States and was hanging around with a band called Ashton Gardner and Dyke . |
| 13 | I would often hear from my assistant who now looks after Cher , but at that time was delegated to looking after me , and she would say that she 'd just come back from the MainMan offices and the main office door was closed into DeFries 's inner sanctum and there were raised voices between him and David in there . |
| 14 | One day , on his way to do the ploughing , he met a man who 'd just come back from the south and had passed several flocks of sheep on the other side of Chhakuri Lekh . |
| 15 | Once intimate told me : ‘ Now he 'd just come back from the ‘ A ’ tour and his confidence was sky-high when he learned , at second hand as far as I know , that Matthew was going to be vice-captain . |
| 16 | The duvet , I 'd just taken back from the dry cleaners ! |
| 17 | He shrewdly steps back from the action , turning his narrative into a clever mosaic of stories from the edgy extremes of urban life . |
| 18 | Gilbert finally stood back from the portable machine on the floor . |
| 19 | But the whole principle is that it should be possible for the reader always to get back from the secondary to the primary source . |
| 20 | Intel is therefore reportedly telling its OEMs that the P6 will be purposely held back from the market , despite its state of readiness , to allow them to recoup their investment in Pentium . |
| 21 | I would like them both to go back from the month of June . |
| 22 | Our hotel which dates to Queen Victoria 's reign is ideally situated , being slightly set back from the busy and noisy seafront road ( A259 ) , but still able to offer a view over Hove Lawns and onto the sea . |
| 23 | Sounds will be reflected by the shiny tiled walls and also bounce back from the surface of the water . |
| 24 | Paupers were often taken back from the workhouse to their own parishes for burial . |
| 25 | In large part , they were ; the government now stood back from the operation , and the ‘ private ’ middlemen and cutouts took charge of it . |
| 26 | The billposter attempting to paste the second of his ‘ Cooper and Co 's Teas ’ posters on the hoarding watched the paper slowly curl back from the wall and drop on to the ground . |
| 27 | Examples might include sale and leaseback agreements , where an asset is sold and immediately leased back from the purchasers . |
| 28 | It is appropriate here to step back from the detail of party politics and to attempt to draw out in general terms the conditions producing this weakening hold of governments over popular support . |
| 29 | In the later Republic and under Augustus hair was well restrained , tightly drawn back from the face and elaborately plaited over the crown of the head , the bulk wound into a bun at the nape of the neck . |
| 30 | Happily , the warring parties then draw back from the unthinkable , negotiate a satisfactory peace and agree to serious talks on arms reduction . |