Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as I looked back at the dark , inscrutable carob tree , I did feel a faint touch of fear . |
| 2 | As I lay back on the clean white sheet tucked round the hard mattress of the sick room bed and faded into a temporary oblivion , I thought to myself that perhaps early retirement would be no bad thing to consider after all . |
| 3 | My only emotion as I went back into the box was cold rage . |
| 4 | As I walked back through the ballroom past the seated guests I saw my wife , daughter and son waving and smiling and waved back , relieved that it was all over . |
| 5 | As I walked back into the Gendarmerie the following afternoon , I saw my first legionnaire . |
| 6 | As I walked back from the bar with my second pint I caught sight of Karen and Dennis at a table in the corner . |
| 7 | I saw him in my office at ten-thirty , as soon as I got back from the P.M. " |
| 8 | And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun . |
| 9 | As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room . |
| 10 | She drums her fingers on the banister as I edge back to the lounge . |
| 11 | Charlie cantered after me as I hurried back to the Dressing Room . |
| 12 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |
| 13 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 14 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 15 | Lisa smiled to herself as she walked back along the corridor that led to the drawing-room and the conservatory . |
| 16 | As she walked back towards the Presbytery to interview Father Kipling , she did not feel unhappy any more . |
| 17 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
| 18 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
| 19 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
| 20 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
| 21 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
| 22 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 23 | Indeed Laura often said so : ‘ Twin souls , Matt , ’ she would drawl , as she lolled back on the velvet cushions which covered the floor of her apartment . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , Leo , ’ she sighed as she relaxed back against the rug . |
| 25 | The thoughts tumbled confusedly together as she drove back to the Hamiltons ' in the small car they had put at her disposal . |
| 26 | The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack . |
| 27 | She blinked as she stepped back into the office , closing her eyes against the sudden change of light . |
| 28 | Affectionately they watched her as she ambled back to the others , kicking fallen leaves in front of her as she went . |
| 29 | Fran sighed , throwing the pencil down on to the desk as she leant back in the chair . |
| 30 | If Liz and Owen had n't had that accident , which brought us together to look after the twins , we might never have found each other again ! ’ she cried , feeling almost faint as she fell back on the pillows , hardly able to bear the thought of how narrowly they had averted a lifetime of unhappiness . |