Example sentences of "and [vb past] them back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 2 | Great flights of fire-breathing beasts swooped on the armies of the night , and drove them back from the heart of Ulthuan to the shores of the island-continent . |
| 3 | Acting on the orders of their government , Lebanese soldiers prevented the Palestinians from entering border villages and ordered them back into the strip of " no-man 's land " separating the " security zone " from Lebanon proper . |
| 4 | There were some faded letters but she was n't interested in those and shoved them back in the tin , unopened . |
| 5 | And he stood over him while Philip picked them all up and packed them back in the drawer . |
| 6 | No matter how carefully he sliced each shovelful in an arc out on the wind , there were certain unpredictable gusts that lifted the grains and blew them back towards the tractor so that by evening his clothes were filthy with lime , his face and hands as white as chalk , accentuating the inflamed red round his eyes . |
| 7 | He paid for the drinks and took them back to the others . |
| 8 | I could not find a piece big enough , so I bought two smaller pieces and took them back to the dacha . |
| 9 | The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them and forced them back towards the River Miosson . |
| 10 | It took them most of the day and , in the evening , they picked up their basketloads of red meat and carried them back to the security and acceptance of their own Untouchable community at the far end of the village . |
| 11 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
| 12 | Finally , he riffled the thin sheaf of papers together with his fingertips and slid them back inside the security folder , which he handed back to Hayman . |