Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a fine run of only one defeat in the last eight matches has propelled them back into contention in a duel that looks set to go to the last game . |
| 2 | Oxford United are facing their own big challenge … four defeats in a row has dropped them back into the bottom half of the table … last home win was this one against Millwall … tomorrow they should … they must dish out the same treatment to struggling Southend |
| 3 | ‘ He has won me back to him . ’ |
| 4 | Thank goodness your boss has turned himself back into a wardrobe … |
| 5 | Started by the present Baron 's father , who purchased most of the finest Old Master pictures , the present Baron has brought it back into single ownership by buying inherited paintings from his siblings . |
| 6 | Yet , curiously , the science that has changed the presentation of text has brought it back under the control of a single person , just as it was when the first presses printed . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not saying you are n't still quite attractive , but you must be creeping into your early thirties , so what you need is security — and that is what has brought you back to Silas . |
| 8 | ‘ But the affair went wrong — and that 's what has brought you back across the Tasman . |
| 9 | Routine care consists of keeping weeds and pests under control , and the tidying up of superfluous foliage immediately the frost has cut it back in order to deprive aquatic insect pests of a winter refuge . |
| 10 | Alain has taken her back by car . |
| 11 | For the Prince , it was the beginning of a love affair , one that has taken him back to Italy on many occasions . |
| 12 | ‘ It has put me back on the golf course , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Woosnam 's chances look more remote , though he is undoubtedly happier now that Phil Ritson , a South African coach , spotted a technical fault in his swing and has put him back on what he feels are the right lines . |
| 14 | SANDY LYLE 'S victory in the Volvo Masters on Sunday has put him back on course for another Major title . |
| 15 | His injury is now completely cured and , after an early season rocket from Loftus Road manager Gerry Francis , he has put himself back on the trail to match last term 's 24-goal haul . |
| 16 | Meanwhile Gary Owers has launched himself back into Wembley contention for the Rokermen . |
| 17 | At the end of the bed was a small card-table which Changez bought for her as a wedding present ; I 'd carried it back from a local junk shop . |
| 18 | By the 1970s he 'd moved it back onto the street . |
| 19 | I just said ‘ Yes ? ’ and as I dropped the pen she 'd handed me back into her bag , I noticed that she carried at least two fat rolls of ten-pound notes secured with circular gold clips shaped like salamanders , or maybe alligators . |
| 20 | I remembered — I 'd stuffed it back in the envelope with my dreams . |
| 21 | Because he 'd pulled him back like that , stopped him from doing what he wanted , he was going to have one of his screaming fits . |
| 22 | She 'd given him her trust and he 'd thrown it back in her face , practically falling over himself in his haste to share the story with this woman . |
| 23 | I 'd taken her back with a woolly suit , mitts , hat , booties , everything , in the middle of July . |
| 24 | Promotion at Maidstone was never to be his ; instead they 'd sent him back to Ramsgate , scene of his early success in capturing the notorious smuggler Rum-Bubber Bill . |
| 25 | What I was wondering was when you said that the dock stopped the money for payment for damages , they 'd paid it back to you . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish to God now I 'd lugged him back to his chain gang by the ear . |
| 27 | I WATCHED the General Synod debate on the ordination of women priests with my jaw dropped so low that my knee could have nudged it back into place . |
| 28 | He rushed to hospital where the doctor said ‘ I could have sewn them back on . |
| 29 | The victory of Gothic architecture showed that Nonconformity had kept pace with the spirit of the times ; to have done otherwise would have turned them back into hole-and-corner chapels appealing , like the Quakers with their simple meeting-houses , to ‘ men and women of a certain temper ’ . |
| 30 | Having bought it back from him , they are now offering it for £1.6 million . |