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We were all ready to sign the contracts when one of the parties to the agreement backed out.

But China backed out of talks toward that kind of agreement at the U. N. -led climate gathering two years ago in Copenhagen.

Speculation also heated up earlier this week after the company backed out of a Barclays technology conference.

"[Khadafy] committed crimes against humanity. I didn't want to get mixed up with him or his organization, so I backed out, " he said.

I just backed out of that, you know, and I just kind of kept the fists from flying.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, HP might have to pay Compaq as much as $675m if it backed out.

Then he took her with great care to be tucked in the corner, and gently backed out.

She agreed to help me with a loan, but backed out.

"She ought to have told him just before they went to church, when he could hardly have backed out, " exclaimed Marian.

As I backed out of the river water, I wondered what my forebears would have though if they had had to put up with so many silly laws.

As he backed out of the driveway, I thought of the checklist and asked, "You didn't drink water, did you? "

Another daughter Eleanor, decided with her husband to do likewise. She died; he backed out at the last minute.

However, given the number of times Saleh has backed out of resigning in recent weeks, some opposition leaders said they remained skeptical.

The investors backed out of contract at the last minute. So we couldn't go ahead with the building.

He agreed to help out nut backed out when he found how difficult it was.

He agreed to help but backed out when he found how difficult it was.

On Sunday, Saleh backed out of a deal to step aside in the face of months of protests against his 33-year rule.

Wh said he would help us , but soon he backed out .

When the danger of the enterprise became obvious, one by one Claud's confederates backed out, and left him to carry the can.

I dipped into the world of the Internet, with its videos of water raging over the farmland and crushed ferries, and then quickly backed out.

The C. M. E. backed out of the deal in mid-2009, ending Mr. Griffin's dream of a new, electronic trading system.

He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute.

I saw, I backed out to draw the line from the ranks of the long one less I have.

In exchange, the U. S. would drop efforts to extradite the man. Both sides shook hands on the deal, but Noriega subsequently backed out.

This behavior can allow software to be backed out without damaging underlying software structures.

The BOQTHRESH attribute contains the number of times a message can be backed out before being placed into the backout queue.

She backed out of her engagement.

Anthony Lamacchia, a real-estate agent in Waltham, Mass. , said two buyers backed out of tentative deals in the past two weeks.

Scooter looked out of the window and smiled at her sisters as her mom backed out of the drive way.

I backed out, put the key back in its hiding place, and thought over what to do.

The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun.

When Margaret realised she would have to give up her royal status to marry a divorcee, she backed out.

Mr Deng , would you please check that the lag screws and the alignment pin are all backed out before you land the tubing hanger.

He backed out because there was not much profit in this undertaking.

At the last minute, John backed out and refused to go with us.

Jamie backed out of the doorway.

He agreed to lend me the money, but backed out later.

In some plays the stage is backed out for a short time and the actors speak in darkness.

Ran to the garage and backed out the large black limousine.

The changes have been backed out and the problem has been reported to the BOINC developers.

Slowly, slowly the straight world backed out, Backed out and disappeared.

The thing has happened--the scoundrel has backed out!

It backed out of the deal when the economy slowed last year, but re-entered negotiations recently when industrial demand picked up.

I backed out, I was overwhelmed that heavy snow, but also did not want to stand up.

I backed out of the plan because I didn't want to go steal money with them.

I hit the truck when I backed out into the street.

The carmaker backed out of plans to sell its Opel business last year, while a deal to offload its Saturn brand fell apart.

Yes, but he backed out at last minute.

At first he agreed, but later he backed out.

Yahoo! and eBay retreated from China, and Google too has recently backed out from there and moved to Hong Kong.