Example sentences of "his [noun sg] back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jazz tossed his hair back for the first time to take in what was going on . |
| 2 | Henry cast his mind back to the small talk of a small town . |
| 3 | Henry Tyler cast his mind back to the fatal evening . |
| 4 | The Detective Sergeant unzipped his coveralls , collected his labelled brown paper bags and put his equipment back in the two cases . |
| 5 | He snatched his gaze back to the latter . |
| 6 | He pulls his foreskin back from the great bruised rose . |
| 7 | SACKED Coleraine surgeon dramatically resigned today shortly after being given his job back by the Northern Health Board . |
| 8 | Luke had turned his attention back to the other women , and none of them had attention to spare for anyone but him . |
| 9 | Even before Juron ordered the targeting of the Titan that had been touched by the vortex implosion , Lexandro wrenched his attention back to the immediate peril . |
| 10 | The crowd faded , and he turned his attention back to the unconscious man at his feet . |
| 11 | ‘ God give me strength , ’ he yelled , instantly turning his attention back to the younger man who stood before him , and whose woebegone expression would have been comical were it not so pitiful . |
| 12 | To that end he now turned his attention back to the military progress of the war . |
| 13 | Out of this , forms emerge , solidify , and then disintegrate again as the spectator turns his attention back from the individual forms to the painting as a whole . |
| 14 | We all enjoy a British victory and Nick did a great job in pulling his game back in the last four holes but for me the victory was soured by the silly and jingoistic utterances of the Radio 5 team . |
| 15 | Fortunately he was n't badly hurt and managed to make his way back down the usual approach route into the peaceful , leafy lanes of Wildboarclough . |
| 16 | Mick may find it tough to force his way back into the international arena , but this game offers a superb platform for him to relaunch his England ambitions . |
| 17 | Now he is out of action again after fighting his way back into the first team . |
| 18 | At this stage he had been in contention behind McCallen and Dunlop and even after his restart he still clawed his way back into the leading group . |
| 19 | Michael Chang has fought his way back into the top ten . |
| 20 | He wound his way back over the leaf-strewn grass like a toy duck . |
| 21 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 22 | Marginally refreshed , Auguste made his way back to the Imperial Hotel late that afternoon . |
| 23 | For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward . |
| 24 | Everything seemed to be going well and Yurchenko was about to provide more useful information when , on 2 November 1985 , he eluded his CIA colleagues at a restaurant in Washington and made his way back to the Russian Embassy and thence to Moscow . |
| 25 | ’ He thumbed his way back to the private accounts . |
| 26 | Now , I expect you 'll both want to have a nice cold shower — so I 'll leave you to get on with it , ’ he added , giving them another of his slow , friendly smiles before he , too , made his way back to the larger house . |
| 27 | On his way back to the Tented Village Patrick paused at the ‘ short ’ 11th , where a big crowd had collected . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm certain when he is fully fit he will prove his worth to this club and force his way back onto the international scene with England . ’ |
| 29 | Nodding thoughtfully , the Doctor made his way back towards the small group gathered round the screens . |
| 30 | He handed it and his sunhat back to the fuming bowler , who felt the gesture was not made with due courtesy . |