Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 2 | so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him . |
| 3 | This resistor absorbs the network signals and stops them bouncing back down the wire . |
| 4 | Kāli and her cousin , Jit , were at the far end of the roof waving their arms , keeping the sheep contained at one end only , stopping them going back down the steps at the other side . |
| 5 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 6 | ‘ You goin' back to the digs , Noreen ? ’ |
| 7 | " Perhaps I should have let that precious mother of yours catch you sneaking back into the house . " |
| 8 | ‘ Are you going back to the hotel ? ’ |
| 9 | " Are you going back into the house , Wes ? " |
| 10 | I saw you coming back from the communion rails , with your eyes down and your hands folded , as if you were n't putrid inside , but I know . |
| 11 | You leaning back on the chair were n't you ? |
| 12 | All the time she prayed in desperation that the constables would discover something incriminating back in the flat : perhaps letters from Zbigniew or Tatyana Nowak , bloodstained gloves , she did not care . |
| 13 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 15 | And neither am I ! ’ he growled , moving threateningly towards her , so that Robyn found herself retreating back against the wall . |
| 16 | She eased her sticking back from the car seat up to a cafe where a boy with slanting eyes and a towel tied round his waist wiped a table clean for them , then shook a filthy cloth over it with a flourish . |
| 17 | Spencer by now was n't very pleased , Elstree were n't very thrilled about him landing back on the runway either , and with the hydraulic fluid gone , there were no flaps either . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't see him going back to the Council , ’ Dann said banteringly . |
| 19 | The shock and force of it sent her reeling back against the wall once more . |
| 20 | He listened to it , trying to will her to the phone ; imagining her coming back to the flat after being out ; she might hear the phone from the street … now she would put the key in the lock … now running up the stairs … now dashing in , dripping , short of breath , to grab the receiver … now … now . |
| 21 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 22 | Do you think there 's any chance of him coming back for the opening of — ? ’ |
| 23 | Now I see him coming back in the middle of the afternoon , with , I hope , a railway sandwich or two inside him , apparently not in the least put out at being employed as a busboy . |
| 24 | At lunchtime Desmond had n't been able to place his usual bets because she 'd sent him haring back to the digs to see if an urgent letter had arrived . |
| 25 | A sudden movement or an abrupt noise will send them skittering back to the safety of the water . |
| 26 | First I pulled the great ladder away from the tower , sending it crashing back into the trees . |
| 27 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 28 | I mean it going back to the days I think it was Professor Jode , it depends what you mean by class . |
| 29 | thought it should be in there cos it 's normally Okay now all that happens here if you if you think of it going back to the picture with the the magnets or the electrostatic charges or or bonds whatever you like to think of it . |
| 30 | ‘ So when 's he going back to the States ? ’ |