Example sentences of "not [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't work for her the mistress of the moment of sudden isolation at not seeing back to the black magician who fantastically juggles luminous hoops in the recto-rectangular hey put my mirror back . |
| 2 | The answer is not to fall back on the offensive utilisation of a harmless birthday , but to write into constitutions strict regulations about terms of appointment . |
| 3 | I have not heard back from you since then , and I wondered if you could please confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 4 | This is a time to go forward with conviction and confidence , not to go back to the failure and bitter controversies of the past . |
| 5 | She decided not to go back to the bank , because they would have had to create a special job for her . |
| 6 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not to go back to that place any more ! |
| 8 | But she was to experience yet more joy , since it seemed they were not to go back to their hotel straight away . |
| 9 | ‘ I can remember Nick as a small boy , maybe five , begging me not to go back to London that Monday morning and to stay at home with them . |
| 10 | very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them . |
| 11 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |
| 12 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 13 | ‘ My mother , ’ Alain announced forcefully , his eyes on Jenna as if he was willing her not to sink back into her rather threatening stance . |
| 14 | The show was over , and Sweetheart had not come back for him . |
| 15 | He had seen his earliest pupils , as had my father , either not come back at all , or come back broken men . |
| 16 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 17 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 18 | Why not come back to my place for coffee ? |
| 19 | and leave , but not come back to me . |
| 20 | But at the moment he 's well he 's not come back to us with any answer from our offer at all so we 're we 're presuming that means no so we thought we 'd better start looking . |
| 21 | Branfoot said : ‘ Matt has not come back with an answer but we are still in the early stages of negotiation . ’ |
| 22 | and I 've not come back till twelve ! |
| 23 | But no , she could not ride tomorrow , her boots had not come back from the shoemaker 's . |
| 24 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 25 | He was unhappy there but , determined not to slip back into the pits where his grandfather had wielded a pick , worked hard and won scholarships both to Jesus College , Oxford , and the University College of Aberystwyth . |
| 26 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 27 | However , we can not fall back on an ‘ outer estate ’ — ‘ inner-city ’ dichotomy here . |
| 28 | They are part of the endeavour to create the balance between ‘ financial strength and creative vitality ’ which Ms Rebuck described as the challenge facing Random House — a ‘ pure ’ trade publisher , which can not fall back on income from professional or reference publishing — when she first took over from Anthony Cheetham 18 months ago . |
| 29 | Only when they were returning home in the dusk did James say , ‘ You 'll be right not to come back to Bewick . |
| 30 | Even President George Bush told his team not to come back to the USA if they failed to win back the Cup while one British tabloid quoted our own Peter Alliss on how the matches have moved away from the original concept of GB v USA and goodwill through golf . |