Example sentences of "[verb] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The helmsboy then engaged full ahead , performed two pirouettes , and thundered back the way he had come in a cloud of blue exhaust smoke and coloured speech . |
| 2 | They burned and burned , driving back the darkness . |
| 3 | Fires loomed in the night , driving back the darkness . |
| 4 | Stuff the jacuzzi and send back the limo — Bivouac just wan na plod ! |
| 5 | She saw them at the same moment and hesitated , then she turned and began walking back the way she had come . |
| 6 | The abrupt cut can be softened by a lap dissolve , originally done by gradually closing down the iris on the lens ( a fade-out ) , winding back the film and then opening up the iris for the same length of time and film ( a fade-in ) . |
| 7 | She slipped on a thin gauze nightgown , and , despite the clammy , stifling heat of the night , she could n't help shivering with exhaustion as she drew back the bed cover , and crawled gratefully between the thin cotton sheets . |
| 8 | Drew back the shower curtain , |
| 9 | He steeled himself as Epitot drew back the sheet . |
| 10 | ’ Reid drew back the sheet to expose the girl 's dropped foot . |
| 11 | Slowly , carefully , he drew back the sheet , letting it slip from her body , exposing her nakedness . |
| 12 | The depth of the cut could be adjusted by means of a turn-screw which drew back the base plate . |
| 13 | I drew back the blanket and uncovered the head of the body . |
| 14 | He went to the window and drew back the curtain . |
| 15 | She drew back the curtain with her hand and looked both ways along the deserted street . |
| 16 | Max drew back the covering from the corpse , and even Lewis gave his second involuntary shudder of the night . |
| 17 | Robyn checked the mirror , made sure no flesh was visible from the neck down , drew back the bolt and opened the door . |
| 18 | Benjamin drew back the bolt and came out of the stable . |
| 19 | He fumbled with the lock , then drew back the catch . |
| 20 | She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums . |
| 21 | Wpc Jones was keeping back the crowd and he called to her , ‘ Send for the ambulance ! ’ |
| 22 | Now Kiawah Island in South Carolina is firmly on the golfing map following September 's Ryder Cup match when the Americans snatched back the pot in that agonisingly close finish . |
| 23 | She had lifted back the veil and looked stunningly beautiful . |
| 24 | So to the beach Kaptan and I would go , or walk around the garden , pulling out weeds , me trimming back the undergrowth while he handed spare tools up the ladder . |
| 25 | ‘ What 's your name ? ’ he asked , casually tossing back the rest of the ale . |
| 26 | The book traced back the history of the Teutons to an infinitely remote period : and it proved once more that the original German-Teuton race was the true creator of European civilisation . |
| 27 | From about 1983 the courts started to rein back the development they had unleashed . |
| 28 | A TOP fashion designer has won back the son she was accused of stealing . |
| 29 | It holds back the contribution to the economy of many highly skilled workers . |
| 30 | One of the conditions of the original purchase from Wedgwood was that it could buy back the house for £1 if we had not completed the restoration within five years . |