Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 2 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 3 | She let it fall back into the water when she heard what John had told Larry . |
| 4 | The thing is , we ordered it went back in the afternoon and it was cut and put on the side , I had to have it did n't I ? |
| 5 | Somehow , though , Leith 's sensitivity picked up a strained atmosphere as she pulled her glance back from the stocky man who had taken it into his head to start walking over . |
| 6 | He stood and watched her walk back to the house and then he went back to his work . |
| 7 | I watched her walk back down the steps , and the wind flipped her loose cardigan so that it became a swansdown shawl . |
| 8 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 9 | She watched him go back to the kitchen and when he had shut the living room door firmly , she sank down on the rug in front of the gas fire with her back propped against the armchair and sipped gloomily at the wine . |
| 10 | Sabrina watched him disappear back into the booth . |
| 11 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 12 | Rachel asked her to come back after the show , when someone would take her to her sister 's lodgings . ’ |
| 13 | Something in her voice made him ease back on the throttle , decide not to pass the Renault Turbo lorry he 'd been stalking . |
| 14 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 15 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 16 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |
| 17 | I saw you coming back from the communion rails , with your eyes down and your hands folded , as if you were n't putrid inside , but I know . |
| 18 | She eased her sticking back from the car seat up to a cafe where a boy with slanting eyes and a towel tied round his waist wiped a table clean for them , then shook a filthy cloth over it with a flourish . |
| 19 | The shock and force of it sent her reeling back against the wall once more . |
| 20 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 21 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 22 | When he saw us coming back from the movies every Sunday , discussing the film , he would say , ‘ I do n't believe it . |
| 23 | So he got out and he looked underneath and the drive shaft had fell off so he got it towed back to the garage wherever this garage was and they had a look at it and all the head were loose you could waggle them about ! |
| 24 | I got it coming back from the church as well ! |
| 25 | oh , I did n't know you 've lost it when did you go back to the cinema ? |
| 26 | when did you go back to the cinema then ? |
| 27 | Ye a an after you 'd done that did you remain at the exit door or did you come back into the ? |
| 28 | ‘ Did you come back from the villa specially for me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What time did you get back to the house ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What time did you get back to the caravan ? ’ |