Example sentences of "he [verb] back [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gielgud gave him another chance , asked him to come back the next day and do it again . |
| 2 | It will be a choice of ends , for example , even if forgotten a moment later , when he chokes back an erupting laugh at a slip by an important man , the choice being between a momentary and a long-term goal , the latter of which the other man could jeopardize . |
| 3 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 4 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 5 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
| 6 | He drew back the groaning bolts and turned the rusty iron ring , and the door opened inwards with a protesting creak . |
| 7 | In Claude Berri 's latest film , ‘ Uranus ’ , he knocks back a whole bottle of wine without pausing for breath ; although he insists that it was merely coloured water , his fans believe otherwise . |
| 8 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 9 | After Edward II 's overthrow in 1326 he was restored and he received back a substantial portion of his estates . |
| 10 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 11 | Then he came back the next day — I think it was the next day — and told us who 'd died . |
| 12 | Then he turned back the top sheet and blankets . |
| 13 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 14 | As he climbed up from the rowing-deck onto the poop , he tossed back the great plaid and turned a bleak gaze on his clansmen . |
| 15 | In turn , the political secretary ‘ minuted ’ every one of those reports — that is , he wrote back a full comment . |