Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exit to the roof was on the other side of floor 5 so Ralph went back through the door into the large room . |
| 2 | ‘ Inscrutable bastard , ’ Bodie said , as he and Doyle walked back to the car . |
| 3 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 4 | Erm , if you feel that you are in any way upset by the distribution of schemes in this booklet as it stands , your chance is between now and March to get back to the officers and say , but what about mine . |
| 5 | Adele turned away , apparently satisfied , and Isabel shrank back on the bench , half hidden by Adele 's body as the other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on . |
| 6 | Once the ale was finished , Bessie and Edgebone went back into the house to go to bed . |
| 7 | Horatia fled and Rossmayne went back to the window where he had been standing when the bad dream had begun . |
| 8 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
| 9 | The poignant music drifted into the coffee-house , and Meredith settled back on the Victorian chair to enjoy it and her surroundings . |
| 10 | The rope was once again attached to a tree and then to the saddle of Felipe 's horse , and Maggie lay back on the cliff-top to watch as he made another dangerous trip over the edge . |
| 11 | He put her into bed and drew the sheets over her and Maggie came back to the reality of the lamplit room with a bang as he strode away , collecting his tools of mercy and making for the door without looking at her . |
| 12 | That the Hall was sometimes used as a refuge for recusants and fugitive priests was the subject of frequent speculation among the fishermen who gathered in Mother Russell 's alehouse , but if some knew more than others , they were n't saying : no one could ever be sure , after all , whether Elizabeth might one day be toppled by Queen Mary of Scotland , and England taken back into the arms of Rome all over again . |
| 13 | After their walk across the Braes of Balquhidder , Shiona and Janice got back to the car first . |
| 14 | Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxi . |
| 15 | Fiver made no reply and Hazel went back to the field . |
| 16 | Union Canal was renewed almost immediately by the Grand Junction , and Foxton came back into the picture . |
| 17 | It seemed that he had heard her , because there was silence again and Jinny turned back towards the little patch of bushes she was picking over . |
| 18 | Rain and Oliver went back down the badly lit stairs . |
| 19 | Unobtrusively Angelina and Oliver crept back down the stairs . |
| 20 | About 150 delegates attended the Grozny meeting , where militant speeches directed against both Russia and Georgia harked back to the brief existence ( in 1918 ) of an independent Mountain Republic . |
| 21 | Stella and Geoffrey went back to the theatre without collecting the paint . |
| 22 | Without bothering to speak again Michael and Geoffrey got back in the Mercedes . |
| 23 | The Hamleys bag sat on the dressing table at the end of his room , the one clean , bright item in the place , and Joe lay back on the bed and stared at it as the daylight outside gave way to the evening . |
| 24 | Maureen stayed with her mother but Sarah and Joe walked back to the Redmond house together . |
| 25 | Sacco and Nooty came back with the news . |
| 26 | ‘ Rosa and … and Dolores came back to the house . |
| 27 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 28 | He was stiff with mud and thick-headed with tiredness as he and Isay trooped back through the gatehouse to the Manse . |
| 29 | At midday , Chola , Mina and Kāli came back from the fields to prepare the food for the evening . |
| 30 | Marguerite left after this little show of determination and Jenna sank back against the pillows , realising that the thought of Alain coming back was a little worrying . |