Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [v-ing] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clytemnestra let out an unearthly keening howl , her lips snarling back and her tail a stiff prolongation of her backbone . |
| 2 | She jerked her arm away , rubbing the bruised flesh , her eyes spitting back at him like a cornered animal . |
| 3 | She closes her eyes squeezing back the tears . |
| 4 | Donna frowned and put her foot down , coaxing more speed from the Volvo , her eyes flicking back and forth from windscreen to rear-view mirror . |
| 5 | Claudine did n't seem to know that this was a cruel dig at Jenna ; she only appeared to note the word ‘ beautiful ’ , and with that her interest faded , her eyes going back to Alain . |
| 6 | ‘ But only one redhead , ’ firmly stated the old lady , her eyes going back to Theda 's flaming crown , which she had dragged into a knot on top of her head and then allowed to fall behind . |
| 7 | I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again . |
| 8 | Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities . |
| 9 | The argument is , and I accept the fact , that bowlers probably prefer their keepers standing back taking catches rather than looking for rare leg-side stumping opportunities . ’ |
| 10 | Those who do find their ten-year-olds coming back from friends ' birthday parties where the highlight was a showing of a grisly movie like Freddy 's Revenge . |
| 11 | And erm she 's just cooking the meal and she went upstairs went into her son 's bedroom , got his belt and hung herself and her children coming back from school and find that . |
| 12 | As she closed her eyes and began to relax , though , she was rather annoyed to find her thoughts drifting back to Julius . |
| 13 | She stood under the shower , her thoughts going back to Dana . |
| 14 | There were dark schemes afoot , he said — some with their roots going back for years — and if Hitler could achieve it , the replacement of King George by his brother could only occur at the cost of Winston 's life . |
| 15 | Accusations that one group had stolen ideas from the other were soon flying ; Jones showed notebooks of his investigations going back to 1986 and cited a paper written in 1985 ; for their part Fleischmann and Pons insisted that their effort had begun in 1985 , all of which added to the perception that the fusion claims were important and the patents worth fighting for . |
| 16 | He drew in a breath , his shoulders going back . |
| 17 | Then she leant forward and kissed him on the mouth , brushed his lips , stroked them with hers , watched his eyes looking back at her . |
| 18 | Was she imagining it , or were his eyes gazing back at Nicole 's like a lingering caress ? |
| 19 | He regarded the men beneath him impassively , his eyes flicking back and forth as they looked up at him . |
| 20 | She heard the door open and close , then his footsteps coming back along the corridor and go into the sitting room . |
| 21 | When I returned to the laibon 's village with the paperwork , he was looking out towards Ol Doinyo Lengai waiting for the sound and the dust and the cries of his cattle coming back . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , there was a distracting painting which had something of Vanessa 's style about it and sent his thoughts scurrying back to her . |
| 23 | your footprints tracking back in the dew ; |
| 24 | Some of our juniors had success towards the end of the year , and our men getting back into the top group of the Davis Cup was a great boost . |