Example sentences of "[vb pp] back on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened up a 24.8 seconds advantage over Jackson at the half distance refuelling halt and never looked back on a course which measured just over 190 miles in length . |
| 2 | The card was borne back on a silver tray . |
| 3 | Higher shutter speeds , variable up to unc of a second or beyond , are now available on camcorders to give better definition of fast action when played back on a VCR with matching replay facilities . |
| 4 | After all , as he had said — and now every word of our conversation came back to me as clearly as if played back on a tape — a woman has a right to decide , on the basis of her own capacity to cope with the situation , whether she is justified in going on with it . |
| 5 | THE Tories have fallen back on a quack cure for the economic ills they are forcing upon our country — even higher prescription charges . |
| 6 | OR when a gate has swung back on a horse rapping its knees or trapping its foot . |
| 7 | Forced back on a policy of self help , the RCM soon discovered that the public responded best when appeals were made of behalf of specific projects — £40 to support one boy in a course of agricultural training , say , or £60 for a year 's schooling . |