Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] back [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jockey Helen Brennan broke her back in five places after falling from her horse . |
| 2 | As the music came to a thundering climax , Damian bent her back over one arm , his tough face very close to hers . |
| 3 | Maureen nursed him back to reasonable health in her bedroom . |
| 4 | But the kindly bishop Ascanio Piccolomini nursed him back to mental health and at length the authorities in Rome allowed him to go home , though still under house arrest . |
| 5 | As Basil Yeaxley put it back in 1925 : " the spiritual has a wider character than the religious , just as the religious does not fall wholly within the spiritual " ( Yeaxley 1925 : 46 ) . |
| 6 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 7 | Rodo pushed him back with unexpected strength and stood up arrogantly . |