Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] back [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an indifferent start to the season Surrey 's David Ward bounced back with a NatWest century against Glamorgan , then went on to record the fastest first-class hundred of the season ( 70 balls ) against Northants |
| 2 | Rebecca bounded back like a retriever with a stick . |
| 3 | Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit . |
| 4 | Whitehaven hit back with a John Routledge try and Steve MacGuire conversion . |
| 5 | Manville shrank back behind a display rack for a moment as his eyes moved towards the store window . |
| 6 | Now in his eightieth year , Thesiger looked back on a life travelling in the Sudan , Arabia , Afghanistan , Morocco , East Africa and ‘ Eth … |
| 7 | Lucy leaned back with an air of satisfaction , then dimpled a grin at Virginia , adding apologetically , ‘ Could you possibly pour me another cup of tea ? |
| 8 | Andy comes back with a glass of milk . |
| 9 | Cardiff came back with an equaliser just 6 minutes later . |
| 10 | at Bristol City tomorrow in the Combination with goalkeeper Jason Winters back after a foot injury . |
| 11 | Widnes came back with a Devereux try in the 34th minute , but when Lee sent Reid over four minutes later Salford had a big enough lead to have relaxed and concentrated on the basics . |
| 12 | So of course the poor Welshman with not having a sense of humour booked him , and poor Ben came back with a twenty-pound fine . |
| 13 | Tranmere came back with a goal from sub Chris Malkin and could have easily snatched a draw . |
| 14 | In order to challenge this complex of interlocking polarities , Amalgamemnon goes back to a time when the two domains , though distinct , were not yet differentiated by separate modes of narrative , back to Herodotus , the first prose artist and ‘ the father of fibstory ’ ( 22,113 ) . |
| 15 | United wobbled a little bit in the second half when Gillingham came back with a goal from Crown . |
| 16 | This year Benskins came back with a demand for a £5,000 a year increase that would have taken John 's annual rent to £23,000 plus £100 a week for the business rate . |
| 17 | Swansea hit back with an equaliser from Colin West and so it is all back to the Manor for the replay a week on Tuesday . |
| 18 | There was a faint rattle and a metallic clink from high above and Grant sank back into a crouch , waiting with baited breath to see if the slight noise had alerted anyone . |
| 19 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 20 | Wilkinson came back with an offer of £660,000 — and was cock-a-hoop yesterday when a tribunal in Walsall ordered Leeds to pay £694,000 . |
| 21 | Rochdale came back with a wind assisted equaliser . |
| 22 | They both ate hungrily , and when they had finished , and were sipping their cafés noirs , and the tiny glasses of wonderful rough marc de bourgogne , Isobel leaned back with a smile . |
| 23 | ‘ Shall we go to the party ? ’ she wheedled , and Alain sat back with a smile . |
| 24 | The Northern Ireland BBC fought back with a ferocity that was frightening to anyone with theories about impartiality by state-owned broadcasting bodies . |
| 25 | I remember Status Quo 's ‘ Down Down ’ , though , and was disappointed that Cud drew back from an attempt at reproducing Quo 's perfect repetition . |
| 26 | Here Mr Malik stepped back with a flourish , and Robert found he was walking out in front of the whole school , his heart thumping , his mind a complete blank . |
| 27 | Lindsey slipped back into an air of professionalism . |
| 28 | And Shelley come back with a knife . |
| 29 | Hull hit back with a penalty try in the 48th minute when Aussie Scott Gale grubber kicked and was obstructed by second rower Paul Dixon . |
| 30 | Chesterfield came back with a penalty , as Lancaster crash landed in the area . |