Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] back [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Manville shrank back behind a display rack for a moment as his eyes moved towards the store window . |
| 3 | Now in his eightieth year , Thesiger looked back on a life travelling in the Sudan , Arabia , Afghanistan , Morocco , East Africa and ‘ Eth … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tranmere came back with a goal from sub Chris Malkin and could have easily snatched a draw . |
| 6 | United wobbled a little bit in the second half when Gillingham came back with a goal from Crown . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 : |
| 10 | Rochdale came back with a wind assisted equaliser . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Shall we go to the party ? ’ she wheedled , and Alain sat back with a smile . |
| 13 | The Northern Ireland BBC fought back with a ferocity that was frightening to anyone with theories about impartiality by state-owned broadcasting bodies . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Chesterfield came back with a penalty , as Lancaster crash landed in the area . |
| 17 | Pinewood came back with a spurt as Paul Hudlass ( 2 ) and Paul Tyler put them 3–2 ahead . |
| 18 | Ferns grew head-high on either side , and suddenly Mary started back with a cry as the ferns parted and something bounded through them and leapt across the path not two feet from her . |
| 19 | A pushover try by scrum-half Chris Tynan and another by Gray put the result beyond doubt with Rees kicking a conversion and a second penalty for a 22–0 lead before Gale hit back with a drop-goal and a penalty providing the USA with reward for pressure . |
| 20 | Playing in the third game of the 24 match round Robin stage of the tournament , Ireland were actually left to contemplate the spectre of extra time as Italy came back with a try just before the finish . |
| 21 | But Eric came back from a working holiday and Peter was out for a little while , was n't he ? |
| 22 | But , alas , in the real world , Senna went back to a Rug Nightmare after Monaco and McLaren lost their way for a while , finally clinching the title late in the year . |
| 23 | Jim leaned back in a tug-of-war with the long iron chain . |
| 24 | Early in 1919 Thorne reported back from a meeting between local ILP and NSP branches : |
| 25 | Then , in Sunday 's second round , which was incorporated in the Basingstoke M.C. Club 's March Hare trial near Newbury , Dismore bounced back with a win . |
| 26 | ‘ One way to get some good blood in the family , ’ Yanto shouted back with a grin , and gave them the well-known two fingered salute . |
| 27 | But the wee winger from Fife bounced back in a way that says much for the survivalist instincts in the human spirit . |
| 28 | Valerie Cass sank back into a chair as if she had been slapped . |
| 29 | Everton came back from a goal down to beat Blackburn 2–1 . |
| 30 | Mercer came back after a while to collect the Unwins and the Youngs , and the general jollifications everywhere wore on without any alarms . |