Example sentences of "[verb] back [coord] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
2 | Dong took one last look back and shuddered at the sight of the disembodied foot poking from the red jungle earth . |
3 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
4 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
5 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
6 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
7 | 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification . |