Example sentences of "[verb] back at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Docklands beer festival fades from view , Martyn Cornell looks back at the sad demise of brewing in the Cockney heartland |
| 2 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 3 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 4 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 5 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 6 | He levelled off about ten feet above the ground and banked as he climbed , looking back at the red flag . |
| 7 | So , too , the third of them , Stevens , who stood to one side , looking back at the wall-length window and its view of the great circle of the spaceport 's landing apron . |
| 8 | Looking back at the tangled web of confused events we can see that the answer had already emerged . |
| 9 | Macedonian vehicles were being turned back at the Greek border and hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Salonika ( Greek Macedonia ) protested on Feb. 14 at the republic 's use of the name Macedonia . |
| 10 | A glance back at the collective situation of first generation Caribbeans in the UK is enough to understand why black parents do not encourage their children 's sporting endeavours . |
| 11 | Shiona had smiled back at the fair-haired youth who had so recently become her brother . |
| 12 | Beyond the glass there was a sporadically placed ring of guards and dogs who seemed uncertain as to whether to stare back at the distorted press of faces at the glass panes , or whether to watch instead the spiral column of smoke and the flames that played at its heels . |
| 13 | Even if Fiver 's wrong and nothing terrible hits happened back at the old warren , I 'd still say we 're better off here . |
| 14 | He arrived back at the appointed spot some ten minutes early , and spent an irritable half-hour tramping up and down before Lefevre 's return . |
| 15 | And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire . |
| 16 | He left the convent with Amsterdam , not turning to look back at the ancient pile . |
| 17 | It may be questioned whether this change achieves very much of a practical nature since ( a ) one still needs to look back at the common law of detinue to determine what constitutes the new form of conversion and ( b ) there still survive two torts of interference with property which have a considerable overlap with conversion , i.e . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 19 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 20 | Rachaela made herself look back at the white face of her child . |
| 21 | Crossing the bridge , look back at the romantic view of the palaces backing on to the canal . |
| 22 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
| 23 | If we look back at the previous example of the combustion of methane , we see that the enthalpy term was far larger than the entropy term . |
| 24 | Clasper yelled back at the chanting mob . |
| 25 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 26 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 27 | He glanced back at the dead girl and smiled , as if to chide her gently for her folly . |
| 28 | The Governor glanced back at the solitary warder and nodded . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |