Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand . |
| 2 | Exhilarated Ian wanted to try walking back without the balancing pole . |
| 3 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 4 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 5 | Now Marc Alexander Vila moved closer , and she found herself surreptitiously pressing back against the stone wall of the turret room she and Peter had been allotted , trying to pretend she did n't care while her breath went ragged with apprehension . |
| 6 | Retail group GUS followed the market mood , climbing back from a 25p fall to end 12p higher at 1630p . |
| 7 | They were shrinking back from the basement door . |
| 8 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 9 | She came stumbling back into the dining car followed by a commotion of people yelling behind her . |
| 10 | Looking back to the opening statement of the first article last month , we must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration rather than as pure picture-making . |
| 11 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 12 | Looking back at the Hayward Gallery showing of Black ( male ) work in '89 , it is obvious that it is still vital for Blackwomen Artists to organise together or we will simply be written out of history once again . |
| 13 | Action round-up time now … two big events this week … we 're looking back on the RAC Rally and forward to the Hennesey Gold Cup |
| 14 | ‘ I came to ask you to supper , ’ she babbled looking back into the drawing room . |
| 15 | Looking back over the Birthday Scheme Register , there are gaps in some people 's giving for some months . |
| 16 | Looking back from the vantage point of the twentieth-century ‘ welfare state ’ we can also see , however , that every state , even when it has had a primarily repressive character , has also performed other necessary functions in the coordination and regulation of complex societies , especially through the development of a system of law , and in some cases — as with the Roman Empire — has had a generally civilizing influence . |
| 17 | Comprises three limestone caves ( one of which is the longest in Britain ) all of which illustrate how they served as homes for both humans and animals : including the Bone cave , rich in archaeological evidence with details of the Flintsone-like inhabitants dating back to the Bronze Age . |
| 18 | But it went on to slam British Rail for using ancient commuter trains with parts dating back to the steam age . |
| 19 | HAMPSHIRE County Council planners are awaiting the results of a major archaeological research project which should provide valuable new information on sites , dating back to the Stone Age , located in gravel deposits throughout the area . |
| 20 | A strategy based on specialisation and tight cost controls dating back to the rescue period has provided the basis for the turnaround under chief executive Ron Garrick . |
| 21 | As you will have noticed , the strategies we have reviewed have been operating back along the stress cycle ( as shown in Figure 1 on page 70 ) at points nearer and nearer the source . |
| 22 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 23 | Gurder moved closer and glanced over his shoulder at Angalo , who was lying back in the control seat with a look of dreamy contentment on his face . |
| 24 | Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter . |
| 25 | Twenty minutes later they were on their way , the three of them piling into the big black Mercedes and heading back to the railway station . |
| 26 | Ensure that cutlery which has been cleaned using chemicals gets a thorough washing before going back into the dining room . |
| 27 | Next time , we 're going back with a record player and a Thin Lizzy record , we 're going to plug it in and when he asks what the hell we 're doing , we 'll say , ‘ Just listening to that Les Paul on the wall there ! ' ’ |
| 28 | Going back to the harvest time |
| 29 | They must have each eaten about a pound of strawberries , for they kept going back to the fruit cage for more . |
| 30 | Having an extra wash tray to rinse your prints before going back to the dev. time to allow for the stop , etc. would n't go amiss . |