Example sentences of "[vb infin] her back to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ? |
| 2 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 3 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you could take her back to the auberge ? ’ |
| 5 | When she has somewhat recovered I will take her back to the specialists although you have done more than any psychiatrist she has seen . ’ |
| 6 | All right , I 'll leave her here until she comes to , then we 'll take her back to the camp . ’ |
| 7 | It would be late at night , she would have her back to the door and , when brushing her teeth , Elinor went into a kind of trance . |
| 8 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 9 | ‘ If I ca n't get her back to the sea , I 'll have to become a farmer , ’ he said . |
| 10 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |