Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [conj] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |
| 2 | Deliberately , she pushed her hands into the pockets of her robe and sat back in her chair as he proceeded to serve himself . |
| 3 | Agnes Winkowski turned from the frightened child clinging on to the side of her hand-cart and looked back to watch two men of the law speeding after the woman . |
| 4 | Like Angela she would not want a poor doctor , and sooner or later would tire of her play-acting and retire back to that world — he wondered why she had left it , and what she thought that she was doing here in the East End , so far from her family and friends . |
| 5 | She pushed all serious thoughts to the back of her mind and climbed back on to the helter-skelter of excitement and self-confidence induced by the undisguised admiration of Karl Gesner . |
| 6 | Schellenberg turned up the collar of his greatcoat and leaned back in the corner pulling the peak of his cap over his eyes . |
| 7 | He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and walked back into the bedroom . |
| 8 | By the door , Frank McHugh comically gulped down the last of his coffee and hurried back to his rig , leaving half a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs on the table . |
| 9 | Most of the ballroom saw the despatch being given , and could tell from Webster 's dust-stained boots that he must have ridden hard to bring the paper to Brussels , but the Prince merely thrust the despatch into a pocket of his coat and went back to his scrutiny of the younger women . |
| 10 | So the bit was taken out of his mouth and put back in the proper place , and Wendy continued to calmly trot him around with the other horses ; and Huckleberry kept putting his tongue over the bit again , and again , and again . |
| 11 | He took another sip of his wine and stretched back in his chair , watching her . |
| 12 | In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained . |
| 13 | ‘ The parcels are collected during the day by one of our franchisees and taken back to the depot . |