Example sentences of "[verb] him back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sets out , by example as well as by direct command , the differences between right and wrong , so that the man who measures his conduct by Bible standards gains from it both " reproof " when he is in the wrong and " correction " to set him back on a right course . |
| 2 | In The Desert Rats as the young English captain who put paid to that upstart Rommel by turning him back at a crucial moment in the whole North African Campaign ( set in Palm Springs ) , he was fine . |
| 3 | Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing . |
| 4 | I was relieved to find my protege still motionless underneath his breeze block , so I picked him up , showed him the food and then laid him back on a fresh bed made from the local evening paper . |
| 5 | He seemed to remember something about her , something which took him back into a happy past , before decision made his life difficult . |
| 6 | Despite great pressure to allow a rescue plan to airlift him back to a natural habitat in cold Arctic waters , the Turkish authorities decided to let Russian experts take charge of him . |