Example sentences of "and [verb] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 2 | ‘ That should give Mait pause for thought , ’ he muttered , straightening and stepping back into the cemetery to retrieve his umbrella . |
| 3 | The data can then be analysed or altered and placed back in the database . |
| 4 | Not only was she a founder of Playschool , and responsible for commissioning Postman Pat , Bertha the Big Machine and Charlie Chalk for the BBC ; but when Playschool came under threat she formed her own independent production company to make — and sell back to the BBC — a modern replacement for it : the current Playdays ( first known as Playbus ) . |
| 5 | Now , this is not an Oxford cartoon either , but it 's a looting soldier , and very much , I think , underlines what people felt about soldiers around the place , and to go back to the overcrowding , erm the great problem was that constantly not only soldiers , but a great many other people , court officials , court servants , barbers , whoever , erm all had to found accommodation , and because St Aldate 's was so near the court , a great many of them were of course connected with the court , they had some high ranking ones . |
| 6 | If there are no more loans to be entered , the user presses the RETURN key and goes back to the options list . |
| 7 | Howard escapes from the hospital and goes back to the scene of the robbery where everything is strangely familiar . |
| 8 | She loses interest and goes back to the television . |
| 9 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
| 10 | He dismissed her by turning and wading back round the corner of the wall . |
| 11 | Return to pan , stir in the Madeira , season and bring back to the boil . |
| 12 | The van slewed wildly , but kept travelling , smoke appearing from its rear tyres as it swerved and skidded back towards the exit . |
| 13 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 14 | Cornelius slammed down the receiver and stalked back to the car . |
| 15 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 16 | Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm . |
| 17 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 18 | Sara mounted her bicycle and rode back to the cottage . |
| 19 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 20 | A great cry compounded of rage , sorrow , hatred and vituperation went up from the town walls as the colourful company under the Plantagenet Leopards turned and rode back towards the castle , leaving the slight jerking figure to its dance of death . |
| 21 | The fire was not lit and the room did n't seem as cheerful and welcoming as it had the night before ; they broke their fast quickly on warm oat cakes and mulled wine , saddled their horses and rode back along the track to the highway . |
| 22 | Then the handful of riders wheeled their mounts in wild haste , and rode back by the way they had come , and after them in headlong pursuit streamed Reginald de Grey and his knights and men-at-arms . |
| 23 | There must be adequate and timely arrangements for the operating experience on other PWR plants to be collected , analysed and passed back to the operators with any necessary retraining . |
| 24 | We hid them in the copper , closed the lid and crept back into the yard , shutting the door carefully behind us . |
| 25 | Halfway through cockpit checks the crew decided that the aircraft was unserviceable , so they all got out and tramped back to the Squadron offices . |
| 26 | Philip ran back down to the bit of broken fencing , climbed through and got back into the kitchen as the local news ended . |
| 27 | She put on her coat and got back into the bed . |
| 28 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 29 | After what seemed an age , Jack appeared out of the gloom and got back into the car . |
| 30 | Crack of dawn after a long night … made himself coffee and got back to the station as the car was disappearing from view . |