Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Clutching the phial of thallium in his pocket he got back into the car . |
| 32 | In a kind of rush I went back to the main menu . |
| 33 | Without another word she went back into the kitchen then came out to him , closed the front door after her without locking it and got into the car . |
| 34 | When she had undressed and put it on without catching her own eye in the mirror she went back to the other room and dumped the handbag on top of the dressing-table . |
| 35 | Later in life he looked back upon the married time of his professorship at Durham as an idyll ; the paradisal years of his life . |
| 36 | In the afternoon he went back to the mill , and in the evening he studied his books and papers . |
| 37 | It was identical to the one worn by the man in the photo she had back at the hotel . |
| 38 | But in the end she pulled back from the brink , conscious of Charles 's silent but reproachful figure hovering on the edge of her vision . |
| 39 | Ah well I was , I was a y on er thing we had back in the building trade . |
| 40 | Well I would speak on the way that resolution number one er that 's the report we brought back to the committee about timing and implementation . |
| 41 | And through the blueness of the dawn they walked back to the village together . |
| 42 | The coroner came back , grinned at Athelstan , — belched loudly , and without further ado they went back into the street . |
| 43 | Without further ado he hurried back down the steps . |
| 44 | By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track . |
| 45 | I hung in there another year shredding a few more files saying maybe it was time I went back to the law and when I got this offer … |
| 46 | By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds . |
| 47 | By the time I got back to the office it was almost six-thirty . |
| 48 | Well I thought it was when I went out and exercised the dog before lunch , I went up to Jubilee Park and eh , I had a very brisk walk indeed and I was absolutely lathered by the time I got back to the car , after half an hour . |
| 49 | I was absolutely steaming by the time I got back to the car . |
| 50 | ‘ You do n't know which end is up , do you , piggy ? ’ she said , wiping his bottom with the clean nappy and then with it in one hand and Alex under the other arm she went back into the bathroom . |
| 51 | She bought a few bits and pieces from the post office and was feeling thoroughly deflated by the time she got back to the house . |
| 52 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 53 | It was nearly six-thirty by the time she arrived back at the hotel , having spent more time wandering through Strøget on the way there . |
| 54 | Would that have been about the time you went back to the car to look for your nine iron ? ’ |
| 55 | ‘ But do n't you think it 's time you got back to the ward ? ’ |
| 56 | ‘ I think it 's time we went back to the boat . ’ |
| 57 | From the oast house we wandered back to the brewhouse where the copper boil was progressing satisfactorily and the previous days ' brews were frothing cheerfully away in their tall , cylindrical fermenters . |
| 58 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 59 | By the time they came back to the club house the sun was already setting . |
| 60 | By the time they got back to the house it was past eight . |