Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The home team , well filled with credited Wallabies , led 24–4 before Sole roused the Scots to fight back to a 24-all draw . |
| 2 | From their Edwardian dominance of golf and tennis , the British slipped back to the second rank . |
| 3 | Nor had he got the old dig back at Rubislaw . |
| 4 | Its past activities included smuggling , lace-making and quarrying ; the latter dates back to Roman times . |
| 5 | John Kornjaca and Bryn Kerr , restored to the No 8 and scrum-half positions respectively , both had sound games and were well supported in the back row by Edmonds and Bisdee , the latter moving back to his preferred position on the blind side . |
| 6 | The outer side of the algal ridge is often interrupted by a system of spurs and grooves , the latter running back through the ridge as a series of surge channels , which may even become roofed over in places by the development of Porolithon from their sides . |
| 7 | The former British champion from Sunderland took the first step back on the road to championship level by stopping Clarkson with 65 seconds gone of the fifth round . |
| 8 | For one 's frailties to be known by someone else , someone who does not add their voice to the clamour of internal judgement , is the first step back towards being able to view one 's predicament simultaneously with accuracy and equanimity . |
| 9 | The creation of the system was interpreted by Bilson [ 1979 ] as : " … the first step back from the rugged individualism and national self-interest that lay behind the formal acceptance of flexible exchange rates at the Jamaica meetings of the International Monetary Fund in January 1976 . " |
| 10 | The first dated back to 1823 . |
| 11 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 12 | However , as the now-famous story purports , the evening after Nation had instructed his agent to say no to the Doctor Who offer , he and Tony Hancock had a serious disagreement , resulting in the writer catching the first train back to London the following morning , with no work , and a central heating system in his flat to pay for . |
| 13 | It is argued here that the public sector has a crucial part to play in initiating the first moves back to full employment . |
| 14 | They used to er se , we could n't carry the empty ga , you can imagine that 's not express parcel stuff , but the valves er , would sometimes need er replacing and we would send them a valve and , and while , instead of having any down time , we would give them you know deliver the spare , have the spare come back for repair . |
| 15 | Lawrence 's rising reputation in the years after his death made the critical shift back to realism easier . |
| 16 | Normally , the council has about 90pc of the 58,000 forms back by this time . |
| 17 | In Numbers 11 we find the same looking back to Egypt through rose-coloured spectacles . |
| 18 | ‘ You see , Lewis , ’ began Morse , as the two strolled back to the front of the property , ‘ Kemp had grown tired of Sheila Williams and was starting out on a new conquest — the delectable Lucy Downes . |
| 19 | There will be plenty of time for the softhearted to recover back at the hotel . |
| 20 | The four went back to No. 43 , in a close tender group , Jim as king , as victor , and , unwilling that the evening should be lost , they sat on around the kitchen table , sentinelled by the yellow forsythia , and could not bear to part . |
| 21 | Each flight to Wroughton was to be shadowed by an Anson from the ASWDU to bring the four aircrew back to ‘ Mawgan . |
| 22 | A ceremony was held on Feb. 2 to mark the formal handing back to Nicaragua of 17 Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles , out of a shipment of 28 sent to the FMLN by officers in the Nicaraguan army [ see p. 37956 ] . |
| 23 | She and Rory left on the last train back to Glasgow that night . |
| 24 | The train and bus links between Baden and Vienna are impeccable , and with the last transfer back to Baden being at 2.15am , even night owls can make the most of Vienna 's theatres , operas and concerts . |
| 25 | Night fell , the candle flames flickered out and the ghosts of the dead came back to their resting place ( or so the old wives say ) , somewhere sacred , a fitting protection against the assaults of the demons . |
| 26 | They were good men — exemplary young men , it might be said — from families whose ties to the Seven went back to the foundation of the City . |
| 27 | The others realised the error at precisely the same moment , and the subsequent racing back along the track towards each other could have been useful in Doctor Zhivago if someone had shot it in slow motion . |
| 28 | After a quick tidy-up they took the next train back to the Gare de Lyon where Monique had only twenty minutes to wait . |
| 29 | When I arrived at the station , I took the next train back to London . |
| 30 | Look , seriously , do I need to get on the next train back to Liverpool Street and go and find her ? ’ |