Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] back [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake . |
| 9 | The helicopter and the keys to the private villa were promptly removed ; Branson rode back to the airport in a taxi . |
| 10 | Millie moved back to the window now . |
| 11 | Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited . |
| 12 | And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Angus slunk back to the campfire . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Manville turned back to the elevator , placing his right palm flat against the opaque plastic panel built into the wall beside the doors . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | Corbett walked back to the window . |
| 22 | Frankie pulled back against the hand that gripped him . |
| 23 | Markby went back to the living room where the Queen 's Speech was finished , Matthew and Emma were watching a film and Emily had been sick . |
| 24 | Corbett looked back across the galley to where Selkirk and de Craon were standing near the far ship rail . |
| 25 | Corbett looked back at the tavern doorway now thronged with onlookers . |
| 26 | Horatia fled and Rossmayne went back to the window where he had been standing when the bad dream had begun . |
| 27 | Roger Courtney went back to the raiding of the SBS which we will follow in later Chapters . |
| 28 | Corbett crossed back to the envoy . |
| 29 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
| 30 | Rex flipped back to the menu . |