Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come .
2 Thinking that it was heavier than it looked , he undid the straps and buckles and threw back the flap .
3 Then he changed two fifty-pound notes and paid back the money that he owed .
4 From the interior of the camp , warders pitched through the crowd with the aid of weighted staves and forced back the crush around the prone body .
5 He undid the three locks and swung back the lid .
6 Mandeville undid the clasps and pulled back the leather cover .
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