Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got home and got straight back into the harvest . |
| 2 | Asik rose to his feet and moved slightly back from the road . |
| 3 | They completed a circular walk through the woods , tramping through leaves and bracken and ending up back at the minibus where Sybil announced it was time to go back to Conway House for lunch . |
| 4 | McLeish saw that she was crying again , but decided coldly there was nothing he was going to do and trudged wearily back to the lift , the morning 's cheerfulness totally evaporated . |
| 5 | Bodie swung the car in a tight circle and drove quickly back to the area of London where the Stones lived . |
| 6 | Relieved to be away from the desperate depth of emotion that surrounded Miguel , Shelley ran to the jeep and drove quickly back to the complex . |
| 7 | You do n't imagine we can simply walk out of here , do you ? — win or lose , up stakes and toddle off back to the world of boiled cabbage and beds with sheets ? |
| 8 | The First is that period which recedes from the very beginning of life on earth and reaches far back into the unknowable depths of the timeless universe . |
| 9 | The chlorine is picked up as aerosols droplets containing salt for example from breaking waves taken up by the atmosphere , carried over the land , rained down again , gets into the rivers and ends up back in the sea . |
| 10 | Keeping the rudder still and pulling right back on the stick sharply as the stall occurs , should make the wing drop . |
| 11 | Then the train went into reverse , motors growling , occupants groaning , and trundled slowly back through the squalls of rain , passing Maryhill and looping down through Anniesland and over Great Western Road . |
| 12 | Wycliffe lit his pipe as he left the house and walked slowly back towards the town . |
| 13 | After a while she felt exhausted and walked slowly back to the house , shutting the front door carefully behind her . |
| 14 | Leonora escorted him up the massive oak staircase to his room at the back , wished him a good night 's sleep and walked slowly back along the landing . |
| 15 | He turned and walked slowly back into the station , heading for the payphones . |
| 16 | Holly took his tray and walked briskly back along the line of men who waited for their food . |
| 17 | But Clapton came back and walked straight back into the Bluesbreakers gig , so Pete was out . |
| 18 | She had seen Alfred disappearing with Beatrice Throgmorton and walked quickly back along the promenade . |
| 19 | The lobster meat can be cut into scallops and piled neatly back into the shells . |
| 20 | She glanced up at him , and looked quickly back at the dishes as various possibilities chased through her mind . |
| 21 | He sighed with disappointment and lay carefully back on the straw pallet . |
| 22 | Then she dried her eyes on the hem of her petticoat and went slowly back to the house . |
| 23 | When she stooped and retrieved her basket , and went rapidly back to the house with it , Patrick wished he had said something , that he had called out to her . |
| 24 | Her first instinct was to turn and walk straight back to the changing-rooms ; after all , had n't she come here at the one time when she 'd thought David Markham was safely out of the way ? |
| 25 | She gave a pleased smile at Sabine 's delighted acceptance , and disappeared purposefully back to the farm . |
| 26 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 27 | The boatman tucked up the skirts of his galabeah , hooked his knees over the gunwale and leaned far back over the side . |
| 28 | Then he turned away and splashed numbly back across the flooded camp to his own hut . |
| 29 | He had heard the shooting and come rapidly back towards the house . |
| 30 | The dragon roared in defiance , but pulled out of the dive that would have removed Rincewind 's head , and flapped ponderously back to the tree . |