Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] back on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My weight settled back on the earth and I felt nothing but staggering agony and could n't think connectedly until it abated . |
| 2 | Resisting the idea that results should somehow be ‘ doctored ’ to reflect such circumstances , the Group fell back on the suggestion that LEAs or governors might be expected to issue statements that would put the results of particular schools in the right context . |
| 3 | Her head relaxed back on the pillow . |
| 4 | One day , after we had been working together all afternoon without much success , Dana without warning lay back on the bed , his head on the pillow . |
| 5 | Skipper Chris Dickson feathered the mainsail up the first weather leg so that navigator Erle could jury rig a new mainsheet arrangement before the load came back on the boom as the boat bore away around the first mark . |