Example sentences of "[verb] back at him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I turned to look back at him after a short canter , he was winded and scared with barely enough strength to stay on his horse . |
| 2 | She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery . |
| 3 | ‘ The Clay , ’ the boy answered him , staring back at him with a strange intensity . |
| 4 | For a moment , he thought that his wildest dreams were about to come true : she was staring back at him in a deep , soulful way that he was sure meant love . |
| 5 | It was as if she were suddenly bewitched , her words spat back at him through a mask of hatred . |
| 6 | She jerked her arm away , rubbing the bruised flesh , her eyes spitting back at him like a cornered animal . |
| 7 | " Merci beaucoup , monsieur , " she murmured , smiling back at him for a fraction longer than necessary . |