Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] the house [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 2 | I came back into the house soon afterwards , but Emily walked for an hour or two in the rain with her dog , Keeper . |
| 3 | Stephen had a meeting with the shop steward the following morning at 8.30 , and came back to the house afterwards shouting to Victor the butler for strong black coffee . |
| 4 | Alec overheard the conversation , and said , ‘ I 'm going back to the house now , Kit . |
| 5 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 6 | She could hear guests on the tennis-courts ; if she were to walk back to the house now , straightway , taking the short cut , she could avoid them . |
| 7 | I do n't want to go back to the house yet , a bit , not yet . " |
| 8 | ‘ We can go back to the house now . ’ |
| 9 | She could n't go back into the house either . |
| 10 | She snatched Buster from his play and we went back into the house where she held him close to her face , laughing as the big cat purred and arched himself ecstatically against her cheek . |