Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sister jumped back from the letter-cage . |
| 2 | She was small and dark , with her hair scraped back into a bun . |
| 3 | Beside her , in a pair of jeans and a comfortable sweatshirt , her hair tied back in a pony-tail , Shannon felt like a stable-hand . |
| 4 | Frowning , she let her mind drift back to the events of two years ago . |
| 5 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 6 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 7 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 8 | She sipped her ale , then frowned as her mind skittered back over the conversation . |
| 9 | Her mind skimmed back to the dinner on Friday night . |
| 10 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 11 | As she sucked thoughtfully on the cigarette her mind wandered back to the contents of the dossier they had prepared on Benin . |
| 12 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 13 | Her black eyes were bright , her lips curled back in a fearsome snarl that dribbled saliva and left her tongue hanging . |
| 14 | I was excitedly interested in her attempt to get back to the original Gautama , instead of the stereotyped figure of the Scriptures and Buddhist tradition , and still more thrilled by her insistence that the Buddha had a gospel , good news to the people of his contemporary India and to later generations . |
| 15 | Her regents stride back to the foothills ; |
| 16 | They strolled through Paris together , after her husband went back to the front . |
| 17 | Her head fell back against the chair and she fainted . |
| 18 | Her head relaxed back on the pillow . |
| 19 | She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat . |
| 20 | Her head sags back against the pillow . |
| 21 | She let her head fall back on the pillow , her body arching in swift sensuousness , inviting and inciting the continuation of his caresses . |
| 22 | She closed her eyes and allowed her head to loll back against the pillow . |
| 23 | And Nurse Cohen above him , her head snapped back by a blow and the blood splintering from it . |
| 24 | It always took some time after her departure to get back into the old routine again … into the old pleasant routine . |
| 25 | The muscles under her eyelids clenched , and the skin on the bone of her forehead moved back like the hood of a snake . |
| 26 | Her father lay back in the big squashy leather chair and closed his eyes for a moment , before opening them again and fixing them firmly on his daughter . |
| 27 | Not only did she receive them quickly , but her answers arrived back in no time . |
| 28 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 29 | ‘ Did you have a nice lunch ? ’ asked the teacher as her pupils filed back into the classroom after school dinner . |
| 30 | ‘ Well ? ’ she asked , in tones so terrifying that all four of her pupils shrank back against the wall . |