Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] back as " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I glanced back as I opened the gate , they were standing still , in a discomfited little group : they had not meant , I suppose , to hurt the child . |
| 2 | I looked back as we powered away up the hill through the trees , heading for Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Susan and I stood back as he splatted with a thump onto the steps . |
| 4 | She glanced back as she shut the gate behind her . |
| 5 | ‘ Sit down , Terry , you make the place look untidy , ’ Plummer told him , smiling at Hitch , who grinned back as his companion sat down hurriedly . |
| 6 | She 'll be so excited , ’ she called back as she scuttled up the path . |
| 7 | She had to twist around to follow him , and still her elbow and shoulder screamed ; she fell back as he let her go , pushing her slightly to make her stagger . |
| 8 | She went back as she had come , fast asleep and docile , her face expressionless . |
| 9 | They fought back as the enemy continued to bomb hangars and parked aircraft . |
| 10 | ‘ Organise routine urine tests , Nurse Avery , ’ he called back as he left the cubicles . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll pay , ’ he laughed back as she reached for her robe . |
| 12 | He went back as directed , and found the man he had in mind , who was ploughing his family fields . |
| 13 | He held back as she spread a towel on the sand and sat down on it , while the child began to play . |
| 14 | He sat back as the waiter brought coffee . |