Example sentences of "she [vb -s] back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , as Patricia , now 17 , sets about rebuilding her life , she looks back on the experience with a mixture of hatred , bitterness , anger and irony . |
| 2 | In anger she swims back to the landing-stage where he sits , his feet dangling in the water . |
| 3 | She slumps back on the floor , still finding it nearly impossible to speak as every word that emerges takes on new lives and dimensions of its own . |
| 4 | The sooner she gets back to the water , the better . |
| 5 | The person ‘ goosed ’ then chases round and tries to catch the runner before he or she gets back to the space where the goosed person was sitting . |
| 6 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 7 | And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there . |
| 8 | She might phone about half past nine when she comes back from the hospital . |
| 9 | Find out what happened to her and why , according to the story , she comes back from the Underworld and brings spring to the earth . |