Example sentences of "he [verb] it back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time he traced it back to the servant in the bedroom — he blocked out or refused to remember her name — a cold witch , he decided , a witch who would find no satiation in this world , maybe even a spirit brought back to test and ruin those who had intercourse with her . |
| 2 | I was in the kitchen when he played it back on the TV — I remember that day so well — and he called me into the living room to take a look . |
| 3 | She tried to turn her head away , but he turned it back with a gentleness that was deceptive . |
| 4 | So you know she she said he gets it back in the long run . |
| 5 | He shoved it back into the box and snapped down the lid viciously . |
| 6 | As it was still under guarantee , he took it back to the shop and a month later was told it had been repaired . |
| 7 | He eased it back to the site . |
| 8 | Then her face cleared ; when she had leaned across to kiss Richard she must have nudged it off , and no doubt she would find it in her car when he brought it back in the morning . |
| 9 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 10 | But three weeks later he put it back on the market . |
| 11 | Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink . |
| 12 | He put it back in the bag and took out the towel , soap and toothbrush . |
| 13 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
| 14 | Aye you could be right Murchison said and he slipped it back into the water . |
| 15 | Why does n't he put it back into the special credit allowance ? |
| 16 | Then , carefully shielding the flame with his cupped hand , he carried it back to the village . |
| 17 | He forced it back to the starboard bow . |
| 18 | He hoiked it back over the fence and pelted down the hill . |