Example sentences of "[vb past] back down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the first frosts came he moved back down to the village . |
| 2 | As Billy came back down by the river and up the hill towards the cottage , he knew the danger in the kitchen had a name at last . |
| 3 | With every nerve straining to turn tail and run , she 'd backed away as quietly as possible and once she was out of earshot raced back down to the beach to find the tide had turned . |
| 4 | He walked back down to the green and waited out of the wind on the churchyard side . |
| 5 | The central reception and dining area was under the shelter of a huge ‘ banyan ’ tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground like fronds . |
| 6 | Blanche held the man 's gaze for a second and glanced back down at the piece of paper . |
| 7 | The seneschal looked briefly at the quivering attendant being looked after by the others , then he shrugged and said something to the under-cook , who quickly got back down off the stool and turned to the others . |
| 8 | After lunch they all trooped back down to the beach with plastic bags and jars for specimens , and Carolyn lagged behind . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , be quiet , do , you stupid dog ! ’ scolded the housekeeper , slapping the animal smartly on his nose so that he leapt back down off the bed on to which he had just jumped . |
| 10 | He went back down to the kitchen and assembled his information on the table . |
| 11 | I got up and went back down to the kitchen to lock up and get my gear , then I went to the bathroom . |
| 12 | Without really still thinking that I had any chance of success , I went back down to the Circle Line and journeyed on to Liverpool Street . |
| 13 | He looked back down at the map again . |
| 14 | The T'ang looked back down at the folder and at the summary Shepherd had appended to the front of his report . |
| 15 | Sighing , Cowley looked back down at the operation . |
| 16 | One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon . |
| 17 | He sighed and looked back down at the page before closing the book . |
| 18 | The voices belonged to Rohmer and Jimmy Devlin , but he could n't hear what they were arguing about as he hauled himself around the staircase rail , paused for gasping breath and looked back down into the stairwell . |
| 19 | Philip ran back down to the bit of broken fencing , climbed through and got back into the kitchen as the local news ended . |
| 20 | He sat back down on the bed . |
| 21 | He sat back down on the sofa with a bored expression on his face . |
| 22 | He found his arm grasped gently but firmly , and pushed back down on the bed cover . |
| 23 | Replacing the glass with care , she slid back down in the bed and deliberately conjured up the scene in the Seren at the moment the engine cut out and she was about to capsize . |