Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 2 | they sent it back , I think , I thought the twelve was , was quite good actually , I thought the twelve when they went up at twelve , but then when they changed it back to the junior and infants it was the elev , the eleven and it was a bit , I think it , you know eleven might be perhaps too young , I think twelve is a reasonable |
| 3 | The end of the wars drove them back to the British Isles , and some of them turned to fight for land in Ireland . |
| 4 | Like a game-cock in arrogance , he lifted her back across the dividing space and pulling away the collar of her , inevitably musquash , fur coat , he dropped his mouth low on the back of her neck , drawing kisses to and fro and nibbling gently across it . |
| 5 | The Livre des Coutumes of Bordeaux contains a note that ‘ [ In 1259 ] king Henry did homage for Bordeaux , Bayonne and all the land of Gascony [ Gasconha ] which was [ then ] free allod [ franc en alo ] to Louis , king of France … but let it be known that this Gascony was the most free allod that the king of England had , before … king Henry received it back from the French king in homage ’ . |
| 6 | This shocked her suddenly , shook her back into the real world and changed the entire course of the interview . |
| 7 | A tube burst and the blow back threw him back against the tender end . |
| 8 | When the great man was exiled to Elba the diamond was returned to his father-in-law , Francis I of Austria , who duly handed it back to the French authorities . |
| 9 | He collected and threw it back to the pursuing fielder with an easy gesture-then suddenly clutched at his left side . |
| 10 | ‘ When you killed me back at the Miskatonic ? |
| 11 | Angry at his ineffectiveness and at the way Rohmer had made him a bystander in this nightmare , Cardiff followed them back through the savage whirlwinds towards the office block . |
| 12 | I pressed the door shut , and pressed him back into the lighted room at the rear of the store . |
| 13 | In 1090 the lord of Montpellier exploited it even more successfully when he rose against his lord , the bishop of Maguelonne ; worried by William 's defection , the bishop bribed him back into the episcopal mouvance by extending his fief . |
| 14 | She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat . |
| 15 | He placed the proofs on the desk , refused Alice Mair 's offer of coffee and followed her back to the front door . |
| 16 | But now the Magpies are on the march again , nine years after Keegan guided them back into the top flight before sensationally swapping fog on the Tyne for the sunshine of Spain . |
| 17 | It 's us who untied you back in the Emerald Suite . |
| 18 | Something in their need of her pulled her back from the seductive slide into oblivion . |
| 19 | She felt certain then that whether Naylor called her back to the new extension to tell her to deny that she was engaged to him or not , she would without fail , before five o'clock that day , be summoned to account for Travis 's unexpected easy acceptance of her getting engaged to someone else . |
| 20 | I think they showed that one Christmas or something and were watching something else and we turned over and the instant we turned over , this girl wobbled across the screen , and my mum straight away switched it back on the other side me and me brothers right in the other room watching there . |
| 21 | With Endill 's help , she led him back to the sick bay . |
| 22 | He led him back along the wooden gantry to the steps . |
| 23 | That damn' word brought me back to the harsh reality of my situation : not just the discovery of a traitor or bringing a murderer to book but vengeance for Agnes and , of course , the Herculean task which the Great Killer had assigned me ! |
| 24 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 25 | The Men came for me where I huddled in the marram grass and they took me back to the low cage . |
| 26 | It was the Lord Ba'al 's love for the virgin Anat that brought him back from the dead , in response to her tears . |
| 27 | The way she brought him back from the dead , what can you say ? |
| 28 | She rubbed her back at the same time ; bending to the floor had hurt her . |
| 29 | I returned the amp for repair but the company sent it back with the same fault as before . |
| 30 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |