Example sentences of "[verb] back [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 2 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
| 3 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 4 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 5 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 6 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 7 | All three of the participants in that clandestine meeting , looking back a few months later , were to recall the weather on that day as an omen — a mirror of the tempestuous events which followed . |
| 8 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 9 | Upwind , however , the daggerboard is still kept in the down position , though in extreme conditions it needs to be moved back a few centimetres . |
| 10 | Emily said , her voice hard , ‘ Paying back a few paltry debts . |
| 11 | you do is hang it over on the clothes line , stand back a few inches , just give it an even spray , |
| 12 | Going back a few years , Treasure Hunting , January 1983 issue , contains an article concerning a button that had been found , and requested information on the unit mentioned . |
| 13 | Let me just show you what it says , just get it straight , right that 's the service analysis for September nineteen ninety-two , alright so we 're going back a few months . |
| 14 | Oh yes you 're going back a few years ! |
| 15 | Oh I , I , I , I 'd one you know , oh I 'd one up , oh I 'm going back a few years now |
| 16 | but that was an old woman 's tale really , that 's going back a few years ago |
| 17 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 18 | To buy back a few of her father 's paintings she would be glad to sell the house and move into a rented flat . |
| 19 | Remember back a few issues ( UX No 363 ) when Gain Technology , the multimedia start-up that used to call itself Cayenne Systems , was talking about giving the IBM/Apple joint venture a run for its money and persuading IBM to adopt its technology ? |
| 20 | The man shuffled back a few paces , bent almost double . |
| 21 | She stopped , then reversed back a few feet until she could turn into the open gateway . |
| 22 | Bernice and Defries stepped back a few paces , to where Daak 's shrieking chainsword was slicing a hole in the curved wall . |
| 23 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 24 | And , even more unexpectedly , change back a few pages later ? |
| 25 | One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England . |
| 26 | To understand how these families , regarded by their Orcadian neighbours as good , clean-living people , came to be at the centre of such serious allegations , it is necessary to go back a few years . |
| 27 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 28 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 29 | He was brought back a few hours later , dazed and dreamy , with a dull headache and no very clear notion of what had been done to him or why . |
| 30 | He thought he might be able to send back a few second-hand textbooks to add to the single science book used by the 250 pupils . |