Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times have you supposed to have taken something back or have it repaired or something and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there , and it 's sat there and it 's collected du , I 've got things round the house that I 've been working on and that I 've got ta , I 've got ta and it 's collected dust . |
| 2 | Sixty years ago when the Nazis began their attacks on Jews and foreigners , ordinary citizens stood back and let it happen . |
| 3 | and of course , you know , you er er you 'll get hold of all this as the more we do erm but you lost your way on the diagram by giving him too much I think and , and er the referrals you sort of lost at one point but you come back and reclaimed it did n't you ? |
| 4 | Well ca n't you take it back and get it re-dated |
| 5 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
| 7 | I decided to lie back and let it happen , and put it down to ‘ supernature ’ ; I 've witnessed it before . |
| 8 | This is mind-boggling black-comic stuff , but Holland , perhaps overwhelmed by the weight of the Holocaust taking place just out of frame , seems to sit back and let it happen . |
| 9 | ‘ You can not sit back and let it happen . |
| 10 | All these analogies present a picture of God setting the process up ( creating ) , and then effectively sitting back and letting it continue of its own accord . |
| 11 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 12 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 13 | I used to love to sit back and see it done . |
| 14 | Well I had that with this little locum , but er , a South African , did n't feel a thing , mind you a lot of fillings came out thought just had to go back and have it put in again , but she drilled such a small whole that , that , the dentist I saw , another nice young man , cos my dentist had gone , she 's re-filled it , and going to be alright because her fillings out and it was a bit rough , they did n't sort of goes inwards sort of |
| 15 | He 'll come back and say it cost more than that , give me some money . |