Example sentences of "back and see " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I 've never done anything , but he 's moved and he 's been back and seen us . |
| 2 | Only to say I came back and saw glass as another might see it . |
| 3 | I came back and saw it was true : there is nothing in the shops . ’ |
| 4 | I came back and saw that most Vietnamese workers do n't care about politics . |
| 5 | My Cid looked back and saw Alvar Salvadores beside him , and he said , go now , take two hundred horse , and sally upon yonder Moors who are entering the gardens ; let Doña Ximena and her daughters see the good will you have to serve them . |
| 6 | I looked back and saw him grovelling in the road for his hat . |
| 7 | They looked back and saw the stag bound out of the wood . |
| 8 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 9 | Cecilia turned somewhat fearfully back and saw that the man and the bear had gone to the far end of the coach where a woman not much younger than herself sat alone . |
| 10 | They stared back and saw the colour come and go in her face . |
| 11 | As I struck northwards , climbing heavily towards Barbondale , I looked back and saw the river Lune cut like a golden scratch on the face of the earth leading towards Morecambe Bay , the far fells of the Lake District just visible through the afternoon light . |
| 12 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 13 | When he came back and saw the cages and animal houses he knew immediately that he would never be able to go inside one of them again . |
| 14 | He turned and looked back and saw that where the eagles were , especially the central cages where the golden eagles lived , there was chaos . |
| 15 | Ace glanced back and saw him , instantly realizing what was going on . |
| 16 | Dexter looked back and saw Russell drain off the last drops of his lager . |
| 17 | She looked back and saw the man stop dithering before the houses , and cross further up the street , just before the cars took over again . |
| 18 | Once on a hilltop the trees broke , and we looked back and saw a vast red light on the horizon . |
| 19 | I glanced back and saw MacLane clambering onto the running board of an already growling squad car , holding the tommy gun one-armed . |
| 20 | As Wycliffe left the house he looked back and saw the gaunt figure still at the window . |
| 21 | She turned back and saw him , leaping up at Mr Hellyer like a hound at a stag . |
| 22 | She scraped the earth back and saw something very dark blue — china or glass , buried there . |
| 23 | But anyway when y when you were first exploring erm the needs and Maggie came back to you and offered erm this , this policy that she wanted for her daughter , but you never actually went back and saw if there was anything else , you never came back |
| 24 | I drove back and saw them |
| 25 | Looking back and seeing him trudging so patiently and you catch up , I can show you where Dad and I took the hare . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Look , if it does n't work out , come back and see us and we 'll try to do something for you , OK ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Obviously , in the last few years when you look back and see that it had an impact in the field , then it becomes a possibility . ’ |
| 28 | Come back and see me when you 're less grumpy . |
| 29 | So I went back and see the baby in the incubator and then I went back to the ward . |
| 30 | And they come back and see me what they taken from here and seen in other papers is a privilege for me if I 've set them off in my biased Welsh way . . |