Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quacking and complaining , the ducks hopped back into the water and swam away . |
| 2 | New York Giants moved back into the play-off picture by beating Washington Redskins 24–7 . |
| 3 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 4 | I tucked the binoculars into the holdall again and without any sensible plans wandered back towards the dining car . |
| 5 | The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry . |
| 6 | The two brothers went back into the Guild Office , and Ebenezer began to gasp and splutter , telling his story as best he could : what Florrie had said to him about Tom 's letter and what Tom had threatened to do … . |
| 7 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
| 8 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |
| 9 | Meredith 's eyes swept back to the island . |
| 10 | Izanagi fled back to the earth 's surface , pursued by an army of thunder gods and headless warriors . |
| 11 | Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea , |
| 12 | The goal though , was against the run of play and sure enough , Rovers came back at the start of the second half with an equaliser from Kenny Irons . |
| 13 | The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note . |
| 14 | The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals by Graves and could have turned ends 9–9 had he been successful with his third penalty goal on half-time . |
| 15 | But instead of the genteel growl as the BMW drove off , Dennis 's footsteps crunched back across the gravel to the house and the front door opened . |
| 16 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |
| 17 | If the court is satisfied that the petition and other documents presented to it are in order , the petition and all the copies will be sealed and two copies handed back to the petitioner . |
| 18 | He woke her gently , and as the mists sank back into the river in the sunlight , they made love . |
| 19 | The two poets talked together , the dogs slunk back into the room and fought under the window , the fire flickered . |
| 20 | The Dili watchers came back to the Company headquarters to find the 2/2 was now linked to Brigadier Veale 's 200 survivors of Sparrow Force with a base at Mape , in the hills ( see map p. 77 ) . |
| 21 | The artist has created a marvellous pattern out of the limbs of beasts and men superposed in parallel planes stepped back to the ground and punctuated by the frontal heads of the near oxen ; a sophisticated and brilliantly successful design . |
| 22 | With Sophie back behind much stronger bars , the intrepid PCs went back to the school yesterday to claim their reward chocolate coins . |
| 23 | FOR advertising agencies in the Republic , 1993 will be the toughest year for years , with little if any growth and margins trimmed back to the bone . |
| 24 | To go through all her husband 's personal belongings sent back from the hospital where he died . |
| 25 | She called them girls but many were women whose working days went back to the Utility dresses and khaki battle-dress . |
| 26 | A few minutes later one of the giant gaolers pushed back into the cell , carrying a tray with all Cranston had asked for . |
| 27 | The Germans occupied them in the second world war , the Americans rebuilt them afterwards , and then the north-west Europeans came back in the shape of the European Community and its powerful money . |
| 28 | The value of the altered goods supplied back by the repairer would be the price agreed taking account of work performed and any charge by the original owner for them . |
| 29 | As the flames died down and the dancers stood back for the family to precede them upstairs into the Long Room , there was a subtle change in the atmosphere . |
| 30 | The guards were changed and the prisoners settled back onto the luggage racks or the floor or the upright wooden seats to sleep . |