Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] back from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She smoothed the hair back from the dead face .
2 ‘ You 'll get a fill off Grantie when ye meet him on yer rounds , ’ his wife pulled the chair back from the bare table .
3 Jardine said Larwood brought the call back from the off side ; Larwood said it was a straight ball ; and umpire George Hele ( at Larwood 's end ) said the ball was pitched short of a length on the leg side .
4 On the way back from the classical ruins of Byblos in an old red and green school bus , co-opted by the bus company for the tourist trade , we drive down the coastal highway into Beirut from the north , towards Martyrs ' Square , so soon to become the front line .
5 They had gas heating installed , and claimed most of the cost back from the communal housing authorities .
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