Example sentences of "back [prep] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 2 | There is a choice , but if you need a clue look back through the five editions of Environmental Issues ! |
| 3 | Small though he was , he carried her over his shoulder , passing back through the frozen forest to the snow field beyond . |
| 4 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 5 | Willie longed to touch it but it was put under the counter and he quickly followed Tom back through the dark tunnel of materials and out into the daylight . |
| 6 | As they walked back through the haunted lanes of the Salamanca gardens , Cleo voiced her thoughts to Lorimer . |
| 7 | He turned and dashed back through the nearest gap in the hedge . |
| 8 | Angry at his ineffectiveness and at the way Rohmer had made him a bystander in this nightmare , Cardiff followed them back through the savage whirlwinds towards the office block . |
| 9 | ‘ And she likes the house to stay just the same , ’ she remarked to Fru Gertlinger , as she swept back through the green-baize door for yet more toast , ‘ so she 's not going to object to the blue room being returned to its former colours . |
| 10 | I walked sadly back through the connecting passage to Number 11 , and waited almost stunned with the news . |
| 11 | If any party on the management committee does n't like the split it will five member it back through the whole structure to this county council and we shall have proceeded no further . |
| 12 | And do n't forget I want you to demonstrate listening back through the open question through the questions . |
| 13 | The stranger was led back through the empty trains to the car shed pits where he could gain access to the street . |
| 14 | Both looked well pleased after hours of hard drinking and glowered at their sober master 's harsh strictures to leave their ale and go back through the pouring rain to King 's Steps and another unpleasant journey along the Thames . |
| 15 | ‘ In a Darkfall — they do , ’ replied Rohmer — and now he was striding back through the biting wind towards the office block . |
| 16 | However , erm you know you came back about the retail aspect of course and most of our traditional sales people have never had telephone experience in that sense . |
| 17 | Some people think that it is useful to hold the stick back during the early part of the ground run , until sufficient speed has been reached to ensure good rudder control . |
| 18 | However , when music is written for a specific text , the maximum musical climax must be kept back for the decisive point in the words . |
| 19 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 20 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 21 | That will earn him his RIBA Part I. But then , he has to get a year 's relevant experience in practice before coming back for the final year of his course . |
| 22 | India certainly got its own back for the British Raj by imposing this horrific version of the bungalow upon us . |
| 23 | He escaped with Bean from the tea table as soon as possible and slipped out of the house , heading back for the open spaces of the industrial estate . |
| 24 | Tallis mounted Swimmer of Lakes and returned to the south , kicking the horse , challenging it , urging it to run faster through the night , back towards the swirling zones of seasons . |
| 25 | ‘ We need to get back towards the Victorian days of discipline ’ says Dr Boyson in one of his attacks on ‘ permissiveness ’ , and he is certainly not alone among Tory fundamentalists in fondly remembering the glories of empire , child labour and workhouse in Queen Victoria 's reign . |
| 26 | Concern swung away from programmes designed to reschedule a reduction of service costs , back towards the earlier aspiration of redemption . |
| 27 | They are heading directly back towards the hellish towers of Castle Drachenfels . |
| 28 | He is moving back towards the bad practice of selective tax shelters , which Mr Lawson had undermined in his five years as chancellor . |
| 29 | It seemed that he had heard her , because there was silence again and Jinny turned back towards the little patch of bushes she was picking over . |
| 30 | So she had been right about Rebecca after all , she thought as they walked back towards the main part of the house . |