Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time and again the English ball carrier was either hurled back or buried in the tackle . |
| 2 | I remember reading an article some time back that dealt with the phenomenon of down time — the non-productive time people spend at work . |
| 3 | The bicycle moved back and rattled against the wall , and then there was a soft scraping of canvas across stone . |
| 4 | She stood back and peeled off the shirt with a nonchalance only a trifle marred when a button caught in her hair . |
| 5 | A dangerous sparkle of anticipation in her eyes , Maria drew her shoulders back and walked across the room with her host at her side . |
| 6 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 7 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 8 | Current flows from the front half of the fish , out into the water in lines that curve back and return to the tail end of the fish . |
| 9 | If the victim is not edible the reptile quickly slithers away into hiding , but if it is a suitable prey it simply sits back and waits for the animal 's agonies to cease . |
| 10 | Sometimes he had been able to fit the frames back and push in the lenses ; not this time . |
| 11 | The female detective sat back and glanced round the bar to see if anyone was taking any notice of them . |
| 12 | She threw her head back and appealed to the ceiling . |
| 13 | I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree . |
| 14 | Sunlight at the top of the vent pipe attracts flies from within the pit and if a gauze is fitted over the top they fall back and die in the pit . |
| 15 | 7 The attacker 's right leg is then snapped back and kicks to the body of the downed opponent . |
| 16 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 17 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 18 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 19 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 20 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 21 | The economists did n't get to this position by hanging back and wingeing from the sidelines . |
| 22 | In fact he hit it 150 yards , the ball pitched , began to spin back and rolled towards the hole , finishing 10 feet away . |
| 23 | No I went back and got in the car and was fiddling about and I wrote it down on a matchbox you see . |
| 24 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 25 | 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification . |
| 26 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 27 | She stepped back and looked over the house . |
| 28 | He looked back and listened to the pounding on the door , until the lock-up was out of sight . |
| 29 | He laughs , too , putting his head back and looking at the ceiling . |
| 30 | I say , and laugh , sitting back and looking round the room at the bare paint walls and the constable sitting by the door . |