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

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1 When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air .
2 Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel .
3 Lisa sank back against the sofa , despair rushing through her .
4 After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again .
5 Trent swam back to the catamaran dragging the fish behind him .
6 Kelly headed back towards the stand .
7 When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter .
8 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
9 They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll .
10 Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake .
11 The helicopter and the keys to the private villa were promptly removed ; Branson rode back to the airport in a taxi .
12 Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception .
13 Millie moved back to the window now .
14 Barbara Buhler looks back at the effect of criticism on Georgia O'Keeffe 's art in the 1920s
15 ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago .
16 Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited .
17 And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch .
18 ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ?
19 Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ .
20 Angus slunk back to the campfire .
21 As we were talking , out of the corner of my eye I could see Balvinder Singh stumbling back from the cooking-corner of the tent , holding a plate piled high with hot pakoras .
22 After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony .
23 Manville turned back to the elevator , placing his right palm flat against the opaque plastic panel built into the wall beside the doors .
24 Edward turned back to the Lodge .
25 Shaking his head at Feargal , amusement dancing in his eyes , Donal turned back to the barman and Ellie was left with only her drink , or Feargal , to stare at .
26 Bert shuffled back through the door into the boarded off section of the garage , followed by Yanto , who was frustrated by the old man 's slowness .
27 Rebecca bounded back like a retriever with a stick .
28 And in the third part , " Tuami glanced back at the gap through the mountain and saw that it was full of golden light and the sun was sitting in it " .
29 Corbett walked back to the window .
30 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 .
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