Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This telephone call made me think back over the years .
2 So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead .
3 The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com
4 He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened .
5 You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night .
6 so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him .
7 She used the cry of her voice to draw them to her , allowing them first to fly away and then encouraging them to swoop back at the height of their arc of flight .
8 From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst .
9 Now that the troops are gone , I sit back on the chaise-longue , that Japanese fish-tailed thing , and close the fan beside me , blocking the street and the living-room .
10 She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall .
11 They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines .
12 I stalked back into the room and brushed my hair furiously , counting the strokes .
13 I got back under the duvet and felt my balls , for reassurance .
14 Reluctantly I got back into the car .
15 I was in the car park and er , I got back into the car and , with Mrs , the phone rang and it was erm Mr , he was going out at half past three .
16 When I told our fellers when I got back to the depot would n't believe me !
17 ‘ When I got back to the base and was told he was dead my legs went from under me .
18 ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’
19 When I got back to the beach ten minutes later he was sitting on the baulk .
20 I got back to The Milebrook next day .
21 Max and I were delighted with the result , but when I got back to the hotel I was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed .
22 When I got back to the car , the fern was sitting in the boot in its pot looking exceedingly perky , if a fern can look perky .
23 It had been dark for an hour when I got back to the car park .
24 ‘ The meeting went on longer than I expected , and when I got back to the car there was a ticket on it .
25 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 .
26 I was absolutely steaming by the time I got back to the car .
27 I got back to the office and explained my doubts to the analyst .
28 Sir Edmund was out when I got back to the office , so I gave my new name and address to Rosemary and went back to the Temple to collect some kit for my weekend with Joanna .
29 By the time I got back to the office it was almost six-thirty .
30 for what we were doing so when I got back to the office I rung and I tempor well provisionally booked this , the smallest of the two which I think will be brill .
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