Example sentences of "then [vb past] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is the metal-ring type muzzle , which is screwed into place via a pin passed across the inside of a ferret 's mouth behind its big teeth and then threaded back into the ring . |
| 2 | Sir Charles and Lady Dobson lived on Pacific Drive , a road that wound its way through the canyons , then doubled back towards the ocean to link , eventually , with the South Coast Expressway . |
| 3 | Everyone then processed back to the Salle des fêtes , where coffee was served ; the Emperor left shortly afterwards to go to his study , where he could smoke his cigarette ; the male guests who shared his habit were allowed to retire to the smoking room , while the Empress remained behind with the ladies . |
| 4 | checked with his radio , he goes alright then phoned back to the police station on his radio , he said it 's not stolen the owner 's now here he said , can you please get it moved ? |
| 5 | Erm so we then moved back towards the doorway erm and then P C requested the persons in the bed to tell him where the light switch was , which a male voice told him the approximate area where the light switch was . |
| 6 | Charsky poured himself a glass of apple juice , then wandered back to the bedroom to finish dressing . |
| 7 | He stared down at the Hoflin farm , then clumped back to the car . |
| 8 | And then came back over the bridge ? |
| 9 | And Abbey Fields , went round , we went round Abbey Fields and then came back onto the Clacton Road higher up , Colchester was n't the same , they 've done away with a lot of the high walls they had round |
| 10 | ‘ I read Middle Eastern Languages , and spent a year in Turkey after Oxford , then came back to the Museum . |
| 11 | I had a few words with him , then came back to the shop . ’ |
| 12 | He rose from his chair , walked to the window , looked out , then came back to the table . |
| 13 | He went down on the Thursday to go through some business things with Marius , then came back on the Friday late afternoon — just after you came round about your play . |
| 14 | Mrs Keith , Senior , who had been staying with Jim and Jean during Tina s confinement , then came back in the trap with Bruce to take up her old room at the Mackenzie 's again , and to help Hilda look after the house and wee Billy . |
| 15 | I 'll be as careful as I can , ’ she promised , then hastened back to the dining-room . |
| 16 | She started the engine and turned the jeep so that its tyres squealed , then drove back down the drive and down the pretty hillside , wanting only to be somewhere by herself to sit and mourn . |
| 17 | He flourished the bloody sword at them in a mocking salute , then trotted back to the road . |
| 18 | He shuddered , then turned back to the boy . |
| 19 | Myeloski nodded , then turned back to the girl . |
| 20 | Christina waved and waited on the step until the car was out of sight , then turned back to the house . |
| 21 | She carried a long pole which was draped with hanks of haigus wool , and she dropped it across the rails of the staging , then turned back into the gloom of the shop again . |
| 22 | He placed the receiver down , stared at it thoughtfully for a moment , then turned back into the room , intending to join the Hatches in the garden . |
| 23 | She ran like the wind back to the apartment and tumbled her few clothes into bags , then raced back through the back alleys to avoid the crowds and finally met Lucenzo pacing up and down by the column . |
| 24 | With a last tearful cuddle , Faye parted with Catherine , then sighed back against the pillows . |
| 25 | The initial opinions are collated and compiled , and then fed back to the panel . |
| 26 | Bernard brushed his hands together then walked back to the door . |
| 27 | Christina finished her coffee , then walked back to the house . |
| 28 | We swam for about quarter of an hour and then walked back to the cave , dried ourselves as best we could on our shirts , and drove on , chests bare . |
| 29 | He bowed again to the man sitting on the cart , then walked back across the clearing . |
| 30 | The man dried his hands and took the phone through to Boy , then walked back into the kitchen . |