Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] her back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The midwife muttered her spells , and from far away Phoebe could hear voices calling her , siren voices that called her back to the pain and the reality . |
| 2 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 3 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 4 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 5 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 7 | He caught her arm and drew her back under the cypresses . |
| 8 | She swayed slightly and Stephen took her arm and helped her back to the coach . |
| 9 | She tried to push past him , to get to the door , but he caught hold of her arm , spun her round and bundled her back into the lounge . |
| 10 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd better go and see the doctor , ’ he said heavily , taking her hand and leading her back down the corridor . |
| 12 | ‘ Sit down again , pray , ’ pleaded her hostess , reaching for her hand and pulling her back to the sofa . |
| 13 | She pulled the cold embroidered spaces of satin kimono closer to her and pressed her back into the wire of the fender before she drew the basket , full of wounded dog , nearer to herself and to the heat — the little bitch trembled amongst all her luxuries . |
| 14 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 15 | He placed the proofs on the desk , refused Alice Mair 's offer of coffee and followed her back to the front door . |
| 16 | He settled one hand on each side of her hips and pulled her back into the V of his legs . |
| 17 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 18 | Leo ! ’ she exclaimed in shock as he caught hold of her and manoeuvred her back towards the fork . |
| 19 | She spoke rather absently for she was remembering a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers of an unknown species , seen fleetingly in a funeral director 's window , which now overlaid her memory of the bright Kensington shops and brought her back to the reality of her life in North London . |
| 20 | On shore , she rubs her down with the exotically striped blanket , waits until she stirs again , and helps her back into the clothes . |
| 21 | Her mummy , drawn by the noise , ran out of the tent , and seeing what had happened put her arms round her to comfort her and took her back into the tent . |
| 22 | He held the door open for her and escorted her back to the dressing-room . |
| 23 | One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house . |
| 24 | He got up , lifted her and carried her back to the bedroom despite her threats to do him a fatal injury if he did n't stop carting her about like a sack of old cabbages . |
| 25 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
| 26 | And the buzzard , who had been waiting hidden in the branches of- an oak tree , swooped down , picked her up as carefully as if she were made of rose petals , and carried her back to the forest . |
| 27 | Then his hands came around her and gently he lifted her and carried her back to the bed . |
| 28 | He tightened his grip and pushed her back against the door-jamb suddenly . |
| 29 | The exercises will help protect and strengthen her back in the future . |
| 30 | It is seven years since , at Zurich , I appealed to France to take Germany by the hand and lead her back into the European family . ’ |