Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] back at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Prickett , a former captain of the Wanderers , has been warmly welcomed back at the Memorial Grounds .
2 When an echo from a distant object finally arrives back at the bat , it will be an " older " echo than an echo that is simultaneously arriving back from a near object .
3 When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick :
4 Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water .
5 Realising how she was staring at him , Isabel quickly looked back at the fire , leaning sideways a little so that her still-damp hair fell forward , partially shielding her face .
6 ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would .
7 Now look back at the extracts from Lawrence , Boyle , Ozick , Betjeman and Joyce .
8 Well sit back at the table please .
9 A GIRL today hit back at the judge who let her sex attacker walk free because she was ‘ not entirely an angel ’ .
10 Tolonen sniffed , then looked back at the squad leader .
11 The two men laughed quietly , then looked back at the statue .
12 Rohmer took a step towards them , still massaging his hand and then looked back at the girl .
13 She stared at Tuan Ti Fo then looked back at the boy , a new respect entering her expression .
14 Li Shai Tung shrugged — the slightest movement of his shoulders — then looked back at the image .
15 Chen stared at him , momentarily frightened by the power of the man , then looked back at the screen .
16 It is from Zakarpatská Ukrajina , the Czech Ukraine or sub-Carpathian Ruthenia , first annexed by Hungary and later taken by the Soviet Union and never given back at the end of the war in 1945 .
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