Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] back [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jockey Helen Brennan broke her back in five places after falling from her horse . |
| 2 | A few weeks later the appointments committee asked him back for another interview ; only one other candidate remained on the shortlist . |
| 3 | The arrival of the waiter with their fritters jerked her back to full awareness of her surroundings . |
| 4 | Then murder led him inexorably — apocalyptic naturalism — to confess and accept suffering , and acceptance of suffering took him back to mere existence which is living life , neither more nor less . |
| 5 | One voice followed another , and she had almost stopped listening altogether when a sudden difference jerked her back to avid attention . |
| 6 | Flap 15° brought it back to 55 kts and full flap took off another three knots . |
| 7 | As the music came to a thundering climax , Damian bent her back over one arm , his tough face very close to hers . |
| 8 | Maureen nursed him back to reasonable health in her bedroom . |
| 9 | But the kindly bishop Ascanio Piccolomini nursed him back to mental health and at length the authorities in Rome allowed him to go home , though still under house arrest . |
| 10 | Galliano showed two hours late , which could have ruined him , but fortunately did n't because the press loved him and his audience welcomed him back with loud approval after an absence of two seasons ( due to the lack of financial backing ) . |
| 11 | Later that evening , when I was almost asleep , the sound of a crowd brought me back to full consciousness . |
| 12 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 13 | As Basil Yeaxley put it back in 1925 : " the spiritual has a wider character than the religious , just as the religious does not fall wholly within the spiritual " ( Yeaxley 1925 : 46 ) . |
| 14 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 15 | Rodo pushed him back with unexpected strength and stood up arrogantly . |