Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 2 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 3 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 4 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 6 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 7 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 8 | A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . |
| 9 | He shook out the handkerchief and stuffed it back in the top pocket of his jacket . |
| 10 | In 1912 Walter Long accepted the phrase " the new style " and flung it back at the government : " The New Style consists in the cynical violation of the honourable traditions of public life . |
| 11 | The conference decided the problems of ‘ functionally complex ’ compounds needed further study and referred it back to the commission . |
| 12 | He caught her arm and drew her back under the cypresses . |
| 13 | She swayed slightly and Stephen took her arm and helped her back to the coach . |
| 14 | Cranston lifted the alejack , remembered the rat , and slammed it back on the table . |
| 15 | He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope . |
| 16 | Great flights of fire-breathing beasts swooped on the armies of the night , and drove them back from the heart of Ulthuan to the shores of the island-continent . |
| 17 | She tried to push past him , to get to the door , but he caught hold of her arm , spun her round and bundled her back into the lounge . |
| 18 | One witness said : ‘ The plane had already landed , but the wind came under the wings and lifted it back into the air . |
| 19 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 20 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |
| 21 | The men dug it out of the ground where it fell and hauled it back to the village . |
| 22 | The offence was compounded when one Anthony Hurke released the animal from where it had been impounded and turned it back to the Down and was himself fined . |
| 23 | Burun caught the outstretched arm , whipped Orcadai round , and threw him back down the stairs . |
| 24 | He collected and threw it back to the pursuing fielder with an easy gesture-then suddenly clutched at his left side . |
| 25 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 26 | The bleeper attached to his belt suddenly shrilled into life and after silencing it he eased the hook from the mouth of the pike thrashing about at his feet and brushed it back into the water with the side of his boot . |
| 27 | She pulled the cold embroidered spaces of satin kimono closer to her and pressed her back into the wire of the fender before she drew the basket , full of wounded dog , nearer to herself and to the heat — the little bitch trembled amongst all her luxuries . |
| 28 | I pressed the door shut , and pressed him back into the lighted room at the rear of the store . |
| 29 | He placed the proofs on the desk , refused Alice Mair 's offer of coffee and followed her back to the front door . |
| 30 | In a brief lull we moved quickly down to the river and followed it back down the valley . |