Example sentences of "i [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grin back . |
| 2 | It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily . |
| 3 | I doubled back and picked a spot to vault the fence , using a post as a grip . |
| 4 | Even if it is only for one moment that a spasm in your face draws my attention to the intensity of your pain , a glimpse from which I flinch back into insensibility , it is during that moment that a choice between my conflicting pulls to help and to ignore will be made in fullest awareness . |
| 5 | From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst . |
| 6 | I gazed back at him , dumbfounded . |
| 7 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 8 | In the end I crept back up to my room . |
| 9 | Mama made me go to school , but I crept back home just before noon . |
| 10 | I crept back upstairs to my little room and spoke my account of the previous day 's events into my journal . |
| 11 | At the end of the month I crept back round to John D.Wood to explain that the ninety pounds would not be forthcoming and they should feel free to place the property back on the market . |
| 12 | I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer . |
| 13 | I choked back a heartfelt tear . |
| 14 | I mean back in the early nineteen eighties when we sold our first er system abroad we were quite surprised to find out that the French did n't have a road called Edgeware Road and an organization called B A C S on it . |
| 15 | I mean back here . |
| 16 | And erm magneto broke on it and these , I mean back shockers are a bit weak on this and that , but Sharon had it and said oh it 's not big enough ! |
| 17 | So in that sense , we are not a volume car producer and er the company historically , I mean back through the seventies and sixties was a not very successful volume producer . |
| 18 | and I laid back so that the fashion might |
| 19 | ‘ I think she 's very proud , ’ I whispered back . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , ’ I whispered back . |
| 21 | By the riverbank in the warm afternoon sunlight I meandered back to Church Bridge and Dent . |
| 22 | I fought back as hard as I could . |
| 23 | Of course , I fought back like a veritable lion but my sword and dagger were in the garret and who in the tavern would listen to my screams ? |
| 24 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 25 | they charged me thirty six quid for a plus V A T , plus a fiver till I bring back the other one . |
| 26 | Ah , I was so angry , I was , he had my arm right , I forced , pushed him back it was , like , behind my back so I lent back thinking oh he 'll give me his arms then anyway old flipping hag came in did n't she ! |
| 27 | I sit back down on the bench and sort of snuggle into my coat to try and keep warm . |
| 28 | And I sit back and smile . |
| 29 | I sit back in my chair , full of anticipation and confidence , and barely even notice the chewings and scurryings of rats in the rushes . |
| 30 | I sit back . |