Example sentences of "[verb] back at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He glanced back at the dead girl and smiled , as if to chide her gently for her folly . |
| 32 | The Governor glanced back at the solitary warder and nodded . |
| 33 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 34 | Then she checked her appearance in the mirror , objectively staring back at the exquisite reflection , the shining flaxen hair , the huge dark eyes , the full mouth . |
| 35 | Determined not to show fear , Isabel stood her ground before the rage in Matilda 's eyes , staring back at the other woman defiantly . |
| 36 | He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force . |
| 37 | Holly no longer looked at him , he stared back at the stunted ruin that had been the office of the Commandant . |
| 38 | Glancing back at the young man waiting in the doorway , he gestured impatiently to Ellen . |
| 39 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |
| 40 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 41 | We looked back at the crumbling house . |
| 42 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
| 43 | Meredith looked back at the heaving throng on the shop floor . |
| 44 | Wistfully , I looked back at the haunting beauty of the well . |
| 45 | PARISHIONERS and clergy looked back at the past year on Sunday when Headley 's annual vestry and parish meetings were held at the Church Centre . |
| 46 | The Duke looked back at the Prussian message . |
| 47 | Nanny stood on the bridge that spanned the ornamental lake and looked back at the beautiful house that had been her home for the last thirty years . |
| 48 | Clasper screamed back at the chanting mob that they were management lackeys who had been conned by Peters , and sold down the river by Bunker . |
| 49 | Mist is a swine , and on arriving back at the little lochan I started to become confused again . |
| 50 | Arriving back at the large beach house , she took the two sleepy children upstairs to their large bedroom , firmly overriding their protests that no , they really did n't want a bath by pointing out to them that they were still covered with sand and sea water . |
| 51 | When the ruler first came in contact with Millie 's knuckles she actually cried back at the startled sister , ‘ Do n't do that ! |
| 52 | There is no doubt that there will be teething problems and that some things will be thrown back at the International Board . |
| 53 | Aggie smiled back at the excited teenager , |
| 54 | Bite back at the big freeze this season with our winter skincare tips . |
| 55 | He poured out , sat back at the other end of the sofa , looked at her . |
| 56 | Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease . |
| 57 | She turned round and pointed back at the Victorian building with the campanile chimney . |