Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] she [verb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
| 2 | Edith was already up , and had awoken him with her cries of woe when she drew back the heavy plush curtains to discover grey skies and drizzle . |
| 3 | He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound . |
| 4 | She slipped on a thin gauze nightgown , and , despite the clammy , stifling heat of the night , she could n't help shivering with exhaustion as she drew back the bed cover , and crawled gratefully between the thin cotton sheets . |
| 5 | However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it . |