Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most assets acquired from connected persons , or sold or leased back or acquired with the sole or main purpose of claiming the new allowance , will also be ineligible . |
| 2 | Time and again the English ball carrier was either hurled back or buried in the tackle . |
| 3 | I remember reading an article some time back that dealt with the phenomenon of down time — the non-productive time people spend at work . |
| 4 | Method 2 is practical if the closeup was shot at a zoom setting which leaves sufficient range for the pull back although cutting without a change of angle can give the appearance of a jump cut . |
| 5 | The bicycle moved back and rattled against the wall , and then there was a soft scraping of canvas across stone . |
| 6 | She stood back and peeled off the shirt with a nonchalance only a trifle marred when a button caught in her hair . |
| 7 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
| 8 | A dangerous sparkle of anticipation in her eyes , Maria drew her shoulders back and walked across the room with her host at her side . |
| 9 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 10 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 11 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 12 | The public sector of the economy has been rolled back and strikes in the public sector have been resisted . |
| 13 | Current flows from the front half of the fish , out into the water in lines that curve back and return to the tail end of the fish . |
| 14 | If the victim is not edible the reptile quickly slithers away into hiding , but if it is a suitable prey it simply sits back and waits for the animal 's agonies to cease . |
| 15 | Sometimes he had been able to fit the frames back and push in the lenses ; not this time . |
| 16 | The female detective sat back and glanced round the bar to see if anyone was taking any notice of them . |
| 17 | She threw her head back and appealed to the ceiling . |
| 18 | I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree . |
| 19 | Sunlight at the top of the vent pipe attracts flies from within the pit and if a gauze is fitted over the top they fall back and die in the pit . |
| 20 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 21 | 7 The attacker 's right leg is then snapped back and kicks to the body of the downed opponent . |
| 22 | All these readings were taken back and analysed at a fully equipped laboratory in Taunton . |
| 23 | It was far safer to start a town off with a charter , a market and a fair , and a few other practical inducements to settlers , and then to sit back and hope for the best . |
| 24 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 25 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 26 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 27 | Typically Greek , she had long dark hair swept back and tied with a ribbon . |
| 28 | He threw his head back and laughed like a young and boisterous man , till the drops flashed from the clustering wet tendrils of his iron-grey hair . |
| 29 | Let's just sit back and consolidate for a while . |
| 30 | Winter is the time to lie back and sink into the great British bath . |