Example sentences of "he [vb past] back at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 2 | Taskopruzade 's statement that he came back at the request of a repentant sultan is , of course , highly doubtful in view of the fact that his departure and return seem certain to have occurred in the reigns of different sultans . |
| 3 | When he arrived back at the hall Bourne was there alone . |
| 4 | He glanced back at the boiler . |
| 5 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 6 | He glanced back at the house and she wondered who was in the kitchen . |
| 7 | A movement caught his eye and he looked back at the man standing on the steps of the rear coach . |
| 8 | Then he looked back at the T'ang , standing there , pouring a second bowl for his father . |
| 9 | Through the mists of agony and fear he looked back at the dragon . |
| 10 | He looked back at the map . |
| 11 | Then he looked back at the hole in the ground . |
| 12 | He looked back at the ship . |
| 13 | But already the noise was diminishing , the violence of the anger subsiding as rapidly as it had built up , and he looked back at the audience to see people taking their places again , Gerrard and the earphoned men in shirtsleeves moving quickly and purposefully among them , urging them into seats . |
| 14 | He looked back at the car . |
| 15 | He looked back at the light coming from the observatory cupboard , now a good twenty feet away , and thought about going back ; this whole prank was becoming a bit much , really . |
| 16 | Then he looked back at the teacher . |
| 17 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |