Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince went back to the bible and put his hand on it . |
| 2 | By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go . |
| 3 | More bangs from the rear of the house , the door through to the kitchen slammed back against the wall , the room filled with soldiers , and in the wrecked doorway a tall , slim officer was making a small ceremony of ushering in a man with long grey hair and a black coat . |
| 4 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 5 | The two nomes watching the lane hurried back into the quarry to report . |
| 6 | The Admiral climbed back into the saddle and gathered his reins . |
| 7 | The driver sauntered back from the office , and was joined by two labourers who would load his cart . |
| 8 | The mud-slinging splashed back in the face of the accuser . |
| 9 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 10 | An optometrist can calculate the strength of glasses a person needs by judging the light reflected back from the retina . |
| 11 | Now , as the light leached back into the world , he saw the door open at the head of the steps and a figure appear . |
| 12 | There is n't a microphone in the tree , but the echo reflected back from the tree will be Doppler-shifted upwards in pitch in this way . |
| 13 | Convinced that the Chinese communists were supplying the Vietcong ( Communist guerrillas of South Vietnam ) , the Eisenhower administration increased its aid to Diem and sent several hundred " advisers " to organize the army of South Vietnam , though the President drew back from a full commitment of US forces . |
| 14 | The Superintendent leant back in the chair in the diocesan office conference room , Tallboy sitting opposite . |
| 15 | The superintendent went back to the shop-floor and David looked at Rachel . |
| 16 | Under Aelfwald the kingship passed back into the archbishop 's own family — the descendants of Leodwald ( see Appendix , Fig. 9 ) , to whom Aethelberht , as a kinsman of Ecgberht , will have been related . |
| 17 | The indicator light above the visor edged back to a normal reading . |
| 18 | When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking . |
| 19 | It was only when at last the girl sat back with a sigh of satisfaction , apparently replete , that he ventured to address her , his tone unwontedly gentle . |
| 20 | The Sun switched back to the Tories in 1979 , and the circulation gap doubled . |
| 21 | The controller came back with the Porto weather : ‘ 1 CB at 2000 . |
| 22 | But then the judge came back into the courtroom , and everybody stopped talking . |
| 23 | ( The battalion got back from a six-month tour there in April — our second Caribbean posting in nine years . ) |
| 24 | He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer . |
| 25 | Once the four moralists of the minority took over , and the question reverted back to the Holy Office ( still presided over at this date by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani ) , there could be no doubt about the answer : consistency required a continued ban on contraception . |
| 26 | When the child shrank back against the edge of the bed and made no attempt to climb up on to the mattress , Aggie put a hand to her head before muttering , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 27 | As the lady walked back to the castle on Bridhe 's arm , Catriona ran ahead to ready the bedroom . |
| 28 | Hector squealed as the trap lifted a fraction , but Theda quickly drew the foot out and the trap sprung back with a clang . |
| 29 | ‘ Thinking of your next winner ? ’ one of the lads interrupted her reverie as the string turned back to the stable . |
| 30 | Fael-Inis regarded the Lad quite coolly , and at length he said in an amused voice , ‘ So , jackal , we face one another again , and fight for a soul , ’ and the Lad drew back with a snarl , his eyes showing red . |