Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 So she ran back to the car and fetched her witch 's broom .
2 Finally she stepped back from the table to admire her handiwork .
3 so , er , Jack saying get that Christmas pudding , anyway she comes back with the ready scones do n't she ?
4 When at last it was over she lay back in a sleepy state , as a result of too much gin rather than weakness from the birthing , but she no longer felt like cursing James .
5 The sooner she gets back to the water , the better .
6 Slowly she walked back towards the gates of the Hall .
7 Slowly she wandered back into the kitchen and started to unpack the boxful of food .
8 Then instinctively she looked back at the building , and upwards towards Luke 's room .
9 Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork .
10 Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat .
11 Usually she flashed back with a Mind Your Own Business , if anyone asked her a question .
12 Wish all over home she fired back in the rapid , unpunctuated shorthand of spelling and sign , blinking through the thick lenses of her glasses .
13 Quickly she thought back to the day that the deeds for Maran Hill had arrived .
14 Two hours later she come back with a ham sandwich .
15 Naylor was waiting for her when twenty minutes later she went back down the stairs .
16 He lifted the phone and she followed his instructions to such good effect that fifteen minutes later she came back into the sitting-room , her overnight case in her hand .
17 A few minutes later she slumped back into the front seat of the Granada .
18 Limply she fell back against the unyielding scrubland , sobbing and crying , numb to everything but Fernando 's flutter of consoling kisses across her face and throat .
19 Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain .
20 Mum , I do n't want that one then she goes back on the three , goes , yeah ?
21 Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked .
22 We said no , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
23 We said no , oh , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
24 Then she went back through the flat and collected the vases .
25 Then she went back to the kitchen , poured herself another cup of tea , and crossed to the window .
26 Then she fell back on the turf and stared at the sky until she deemed it time to go home .
27 Then she fell back on the pillows .
28 Then she rushed back towards the stairs , almost falling in her haste to get back to the ground floor .
29 And then she looked back at the bed and saw the naked longing in his eyes , and something that was better than desire and that was more enduring than passion broke within her , and she moved forward , and said , ‘ Oh , my dear love ’
30 Then she walked back into the kitchen and soon heard the hard clatter of shoes on the stone stairs and Giovanna was upon her .
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