Example sentences of "and [vb past] back [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Capitalist swine , ’ she murmured , and sank back into a sleep in which she tossed and stretched and he was sure muttered someone else 's name , but in the morning went with him to a garage and they actually bought a car , albeit second hand , and she let herself be dragged into a travel agency and they booked a holiday to Spain just like anyone else . |
| 2 | The prince scraped up the money they had set aside to repair the roof again and Anna went off to India with some English acquaintances and stayed with the viceroy and came back with a ruby . |
| 3 | He went into the small scullery and came back with a pomander , a ball of cloth stuffed with cloves and herbs . |
| 4 | Zena Blair went shopping in the Northcott Centre last week and came back with a computer in her trolly . |
| 5 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 6 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 7 | Ian went off and came back with a box the same size as the ones that had been used for the train . |
| 8 | He left the library and came back with a riding crop . |
| 9 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 10 | He walked to his tool shed and came back with a garden spade . |
| 11 | For example , they describe a child reading the following passage from " Black Beauty " : Then someone ran to our master 's house and came back with a gun ; presently there was a loud bang and a dreadful shriek , and then all was still ; the black horse moved no more . |
| 12 | Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water . |
| 13 | And last night she went to a do at the American Embassy and came back with a packet of chocolate cookies — er — biscuits , no less . ’ |
| 14 | He parked the car a street away and walked back through a gauntlet of whispers and stony smiles . |
| 15 | Eventually she got up , removed the bung once more with a gloved hand , and stepped back as a tongue of yellow flame licked out at her . |
| 16 | Rosa adjusted the cold compress on her forehead , and settled back on a chair against the wall , watching Cati as she lay . |
| 17 | With an almost lazy climb the solid fuel missile , grapple irons extending as it left the short barrel , reached its zenith and fell back with a clang , hooking on to the deck railing . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , how about that , ’ he said and , turning his head in the direction of the preacher , he shouted , ‘ Hallelujah , ’ then he winked at Nathan , as if they were in this together , and fell back in a heap and shut his eyes . |
| 19 | An illuminating example of this kind of recognition on the part of teachers is provided by a lengthy continuation sheet clipped to one of the returned questionnaires and sent back by a member of one of the departments . |
| 20 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 21 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 22 | A bonus of £10,000 was available at the hole for a hole-in-one and the American 's tee shot landed a foot beyond the hole and spun back to a foot short of the hole . |
| 23 | Her hair parted at the centre and scraped back in a pony tail , Mara was there as usual , fussing over her regulars , but still the very soul of discretion . |
| 24 | He merely gave her shoulder an affectionate nudge and leaned back on a cushion . |
| 25 | They returned to the warehouse and stood back as a boy carrying a sheet of glass under his arm came down the stairs . |
| 26 | Moore dropped the rope and jumped back with a cry . |
| 27 | Things that had been yoked , harnessed , held down and held back by a power that was dissolving . |