Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building . |
| 2 | But his victory at Stoke on Saturday has him back at the top of the list . |
| 3 | Oxford United has scored , it 's Andy Melville that has put the ball into the net , into injury time , the cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United ; into injury time , Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil . |
| 4 | Did you see much of the goal , or as it was a free kick floated in and Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of goal and erm your partner in crime really at the back put it in . |
| 5 | The cross came in , Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of the goal and it 's Andy Melville that has surely clinched three vital points for Oxford United . |
| 6 | Mrs Parvis scraped them back into the pot . |
| 7 | Hitch motioned them back onto The Sandhopper . |
| 8 | As Kee says : ‘ The religion of Constantine takes us back to the context of the Old Testament . |
| 9 | Ronni followed him back into the sitting-room and stood awkwardly watching him as he poured himself a whisky . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ Karen put her back to the window , leaning against it , and folded her arms . |
| 11 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 12 | Ruth pushed it back into the full glare of the sun and slumped down into it , raising her face to the hot sun to absorb its rays . |
| 13 | Cramer took him back to the moment he left the flat . |
| 14 | United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties … |
| 15 | Still holding the old man 's shirtfront , Ellwood yanked him back to the couch and threw him full length . |
| 16 | Wilson pushed her back into the room , the mutton skidding from the plate as she did so , and locked it behind her , then dragged a chest in front . |
| 17 | The retirement lasted two year , until McLaren tempted him back to the sport in 1982 and his old skills were soon apparent at Brands Hatch and Watkins Glen , where he returned to winning ways . |
| 18 | Satisfied , Trent ordered him back into the pines . |
| 19 | Wordlessly Roman followed her back to the terrace , where their half-finished drinks stood on the table . |
| 20 | Angry at his ineffectiveness and at the way Rohmer had made him a bystander in this nightmare , Cardiff followed them back through the savage whirlwinds towards the office block . |
| 21 | When it had been cut and bound into sheaves , Kalchu carried it back to the village and laid it out on racks inside the house until it was dry enough to thresh . |
| 22 | Mary pulled her back from the window and closed it . |
| 23 | Fernando eased her back to the ground , smoothed her tear-dampened hair from her flushed cheeks . |
| 24 | He left Selhurst Park for Aston Villa in November 1987 , amid a storm of controversy , for just £150,000 , but Steve Coppell brought him back to the Palace from Queens Park Rangers in a £ l/2 million deal upon the eve of our return to Division One in August 1989 . |
| 25 | In a beautifully simple piece of writing Achebe transports us back to the earliest days of colonialism . |
| 26 | I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm . |
| 27 | Juliet helped him back under the bedclothes . |
| 28 | Yet for a short time his arrival at Oxford threw him back on the hunkers of his class and family . |
| 29 | Pam and Kath followed me back to the cottage , where we sat in front of a smoking log fire and gossiped and giggled till bed-time . |
| 30 | The sight of Felipe de Santis brought her back to the present with a bang . |