Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 2 | They have been duly sent back for inclusion in the prize draw . |
| 3 | Men are gladly taken back into their lives , but it is themselves the women have discovered . |
| 4 | The interest payments you make to the fund are effectively paid back to the members of the Scheme as pensions later . |
| 5 | Prickett , a former captain of the Wanderers , has been warmly welcomed back at the Memorial Grounds . |
| 6 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 7 | I have to admit that after three years of using Q&A I have n't memorized all of the mainly function key-driven keyboard shortcuts , but those that I ca n't remember are easily brought back to mind with a tap of the F1 key which lists them . |
| 8 | We are thus led back to the same problem as before ; although the fact of taking X as end does not justify the decision to do Y , the enjoyment of X which does complete the justification is itself merely a psychological fact . |
| 9 | Needs are always related back to capitalism 's demand for the social reproduction of its labour force . |
| 10 | So we are always drawn back to our experience as somehow being involved intimately with what we may thing is an objective experience . |
| 11 | We are always forced back on seeking some control outside and greater than the earth itself . |
| 12 | I am always drawn back to it as if I was under a compulsion " They are telling the truth . |
| 13 | Hedging plants are usually cut back to half their height after planting to encourage bushiness , but some conifers are best left unpruned until they reach the desired height . |
| 14 | This system helps the bird keep its plumage in shape , and any ruffled feathers are quickly preened back into place . |
| 15 | Here , the only water is from artesian wells , now contaminated by the industrial effluent and the huge garbage-dump , where the rubbish from Nova Iguacu has been partly ploughed back into the disturbed hillside . |
| 16 | Any wounded or distressed creatures that are handed to us are carefully nursed back to health whilst our breeding programmes produce an ever-increased number of baby marine creatures , many of which are then released into the wild . |
| 17 | Visitors are also transported back to 1905 and the ‘ International Tramway and Light Railway ’ trade show which was held in that year to show the range of equipment on offer to operators and would-be operators at a time when the electric tramcar was looked upon as the wonder of the age . |
| 18 | The levels have been carefully graded back towards the house and there is room here for the rotary washing line . |
| 19 | Curtains can also be elegantly draped back over specially designed curtain-holders . |
| 20 | About half of them loosen up enough to allow the foreskin to be gently pulled back by the time the boy is a year old . |
| 21 | You may be written off as a malingerer or a neurotic or , perhaps even worse , as someone who must be gently humoured back to health . |
| 22 | They seemed , Spruce thought , to be extremely laid back about the whole affair . |
| 23 | Once the design is safely stored a way on tape or disc it can be quickly loaded back into the computer 's memory . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Then gradually raise the temperature from the normal 78–80°s ; F to about 85°s ; F. This temperature should be gradually reduced back to normal after spawning . |
| 26 | Fringes or selvedges that become partially detached can be carefully sewn back by hand using a matching coloured thread of the same material . |
| 27 | Independent Computer Solutions Ltd , London , has developed an interface that allows users to integrate JYACC 's Jam rapid application development toolset with Cadre Technologies Inc 's Teamwork CASE analysis and design system : Teamwork data flow and entity relationship diagrams can be converted into Jam applications using the interface , subsequent changes and adjustments can be automatically reflected back into the original Teamwork model . |
| 28 | Some people only have to take the faintest whiff of the entrance hall of a hospital to be sharply transported back in time to relive a traumatic hospital experience ( endured during childhood perhaps ) ; they may feel shaky or even nauseous . |
| 29 | Up to 15% of any money changed can be legally converted back into hard currency at the end of a trip . |
| 30 | De Selincourt , the editor of The Prelude , dates this phase as early as the end of 1794 ; after this time Wordsworth sought refuge in philosophy ( see Godwin , p. 77 ) and had to be virtually nursed back to mental and moral stability by Dorothy amid rural surroundings . |