Example sentences of "have [verb] back the " in BNC.
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1 | Again this hope seems set against the tides of history , but again we can not be certain that a positive policy of Empire and tariffs could not have turned back the tide in 1902 or 1912 . |
2 | You 'll have to peel back the carpet . |
3 | This does not mean that the applicant can not let the house , but if she sells it , or simply uses it as a second home , she may have to pay back the whole or part of the grant with interest . |
4 | However , if they do n't collect you may have to pay back the 80 per cent you have already received . |
5 | To prove wrong those who say that any dieter will have put back the weight ( and more ) 12 months after losing it — 12 months on and 18 lbs ( 8.2 kg ) down , I 'm still a ‘ Hip and Thigh ’ fan . |
6 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
7 | ‘ The prison staff said that was OK but said they would have to tie back the cell doors . |
8 | In the absence of deep-rooted democratic institutions which could have held back the force of aggressive nationalism , local groups took the form of mere channels through which the idea of the nation as an integrated family could be reproduced . |
9 | Crushed against him , Folly could no more have resisted than she could have held back the tides . |