Example sentences of "[noun sg] back and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took the photograph back and sighed as she stared at it . |
| 2 | ‘ A week — longer perhaps , ’ and while Fabia was having disturbing visions of somehow getting her car back and driving home to England and — never mind the interview — never seeing Ven again , Lubor was changing the subject to ask , ‘ Will you have dinner with me this evening , Fabia ? ’ |
| 3 | Karr slipped the card back and took out something else — a flat , matt black case — and handed that to her . |
| 4 | Isambard braced his weight back and held fast . |
| 5 | He pulls the seat back and sits in it . |
| 6 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 7 | You wait till you rewind that tape back and listen to yourself and you 'll hear Stoke on Trent . |
| 8 | They waited as she answered it , then , after a few words , she put the instrument back and grinned triumphantly . |
| 9 | I said , and I pushed the instrument back and paid for the rest . |
| 10 | We then had to drive the machine back and unload the rented van . |
| 11 | Yeah , I 'll have a nose round and I 'll , yes I could possibly put the window back and shut one of the vents , yes . |
| 12 | I spluttered , stepping back , dripping , while Helen took the can back and stood grinning . |
| 13 | ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady . |
| 14 | Once I 've settled on the right composition , I invite the sitter back and start serious drawings . |
| 15 | Athelstan pulled the curtain back and wrinkled his nose at the smell . |
| 16 | So when you take your trolley back and clip it back up the pound comes out the front again . |
| 17 | Her father laughed softly at her sometimes , throwing his head back and exhaling lazily : ‘ What a chatterbox you are ! |
| 18 | He drew his head back and spat ; powerfully , cleanly , catching Spatz in the centre of his face . |
| 19 | And you can just put your head back and close your eyes and that 's it . |
| 20 | ‘ Now put your head back and shut your eyes . |
| 21 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 22 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 23 | Less affected people will move their head back and push forwards on the stick . |
| 24 | She put her head back and roared with laughter at this , before shaking her head and restoring her attention to the road . |
| 25 | She was enraged and not at all pleased when Felipe threw his head back and roared with laughter . |
| 26 | When she laughs , my Auntie Muriel tips her head back and opens her mouth wide . |
| 27 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 28 | After all , nothing gives a player more pleasure than being able to put his head back and run with the ball . |
| 29 | I walked over , tipped the head back and bit back my scream . |
| 30 | He laughs , too , putting his head back and looking at the ceiling . |