Example sentences of "[vb past] back [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Capitalist swine , ’ she murmured , and sank back into a sleep in which she tossed and stretched and he was sure muttered someone else 's name , but in the morning went with him to a garage and they actually bought a car , albeit second hand , and she let herself be dragged into a travel agency and they booked a holiday to Spain just like anyone else . |
| 2 | Valerie Cass sank back into a chair as if she had been slapped . |
| 3 | Some Obligation bounced back from a season in the doldrums with a five-length win at Hereford last month and is capable of following up . |
| 4 | Early in 1919 Thorne reported back from a meeting between local ILP and NSP branches : |
| 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 | Just before half-time City came back with a goal from Ian Baird it was well made and well taken … food for thought for the United defence and of course Smith who started off in the directors box but was down on the touchline after this incident in which David Penney charged into Junior Bent … |
| 8 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 9 | So Adam at least came back with a grain of comfort , though for the dead Harry , not the living . |
| 10 | Zena Blair went shopping in the Northcott Centre last week and came back with a computer in her trolly . |
| 11 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 12 | I was interested in you talking there about you know , that one , that particular case whereby one bloke was threatened with dismissal and very rapidly the way you describe it , the men came back with a threat of strike action . |
| 13 | He came back with a clutch of drinks . |
| 14 | A typical Peto story tells how when dispatched by The Observer to photograph a major rail disaster , he came back with a picture of an exhausted rescue worker drinking tea , man 's ability to fight disaster and overcome it having inspired this warm-hearted humanist photographer . |
| 15 | However , Brighton were not overawed and they came back with a penalty through Small after seventy three minutes . |
| 16 | He came back with a brace of fish of a species she could n't put a name to . |
| 17 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water . |
| 20 | They came back with a beauty from Luther Blissett . |
| 21 | And last night she went to a do at the American Embassy and came back with a packet of chocolate cookies — er — biscuits , no less . ’ |
| 22 | He came back with a handful of pebbles . |
| 23 | Breeze , who had been deep in thought , came back with a start to her present surroundings . |
| 24 | It was boring in the passage but also , it proved , necessary , as one or two passengers came back for a look at the corpse . |
| 25 | But he came back to a letter from dole chiefs telling him he would not get his income support cash for the 2 1/2 weeks he was away . |
| 26 | When she came back from a date with the Prince she would be full of sympathy for him uttering phrases like ‘ they work him too hard ’ or ‘ it 's appalling the way they push him around . ’ |
| 27 | I recently came back from a trip to Egypt and despite the fact that I enjoyed the food there , I had an urge to make a really wholesome fish pie . |
| 28 | Then everything came back in a wave of anguish and she ducked her head under the water and made herself hold her eyes open until they smarted with pain . |
| 29 | It came back in a form against which there could be no defence . |
| 30 | Less than an hour later they were back in number twenty-six , and she was so tired that she was past worrying about having to sleep in the same room but , confronted by the reality of the limited space , two small beds and a very large , powerful man , her nervous fears came back like a river in full spate . |