Example sentences of "[vb past] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clones were multiplied in the glasshouse and then transplanted back into patches of the field dominated by the four grass species . |
| 2 | The package to be updated is read from LIFESPAN , updated to reference the modules to be incorporated in the baseline , and then entered back into LIFESPAN . |
| 3 | The Governors referred back to Hamilton the matter of terms and of advertisements giving notice of the change , and with that was concluded the business of the last quarter of quartered years at the School . |
| 4 | shrivelled back to sharps |
| 5 | With an irritating lack of urgency he closed his eyes again and sank back into oblivion , leaving Lissa to grind her teeth in frustration . |
| 6 | No , not at all , and then , even in her confused state , her mind shied away from the reasons for her distaste , and she found herself saying even through her pain and shock , ‘ I will not think about that , I will not , ’ and so saying she stopped struggling and sank back into oblivion once more . |
| 7 | Then they sank back into armchairs , thanking the Lord that never again in their lives would they move house . |
| 8 | Georgina sank back in Ivor 's chair . |
| 9 | She sank back in despair . |
| 10 | Robert peered back at Hasan . |
| 11 | Desiderius , perhaps surprised by this indication that Charles was not so occupied after all , drew back to Viterbo . |
| 12 | Immediately all became clear to Fleury and he drew back with horror , thinking : " Cholera ! " |
| 13 | Father Poole drew back as Myles stood before him , trembling , his glaring face twitching . |
| 14 | In the 1980s , in principle at least , government drew back from collusion with pressure groups and tried to leave economic market conditions to decide policy . |
| 15 | Shelley drew back from Miguel 's hungry mouth . |
| 16 | She peeped into the hall and drew back in shock . |
| 17 | Miss Harker drew back in alarm and disgust . |
| 18 | Topaz took a step forwards and in spite of her superior position , Liti drew back in alarm . |
| 19 | Creggan involuntarily drew back in fear and alarm . |
| 20 | Where they disappeared amid the crazed valleys and jumbled boulders of the dusty scablands , the first explorers drew back in defeat , unable to decipher the wild terrain . |
| 21 | That was why he needed a hit of Valium before he headed back to London , to his bed . |
| 22 | Spells in San Francisco as Kuparuk development manager , then in Australia on the NW Shelf and PNG interface followed before he headed back to Aberdeen and Magnus in August after completing the Sloan programme at Stanford University . |
| 23 | Next day , having seen his father stirred into action at last , Richard headed back to Berry , burning Vendôme on the way . |
| 24 | Cursing the Post Office and the weather in equal proportions , ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan slowly brought the aircraft around and with a considerable tailwind we headed back to Moose Jaw only to find the airport building deserted except for the night watchman huddled by his coal-oil heater with the mail-bags beside him . |
| 25 | As Anne headed back to Britain last night , Keith 's dad was making plans to collect his son 's body . |
| 26 | Giving her a fifteen-minute start , I headed back to Waldron City and the office . |
| 27 | Lindsey slipped the stethoscope into the pocket of her white coat as they headed back to reception . |
| 28 | I headed back to Malta , well throttled back and losing height . |
| 29 | Well , no smugglers on Fair Isle but it had been a pleasant interlude and we headed back to Venturous with yet another " first " notched up in our visitor 's book . |
| 30 | But first things first , and while Duncan headed back to town with the VW riding piggyback on his truck , I turned back towards Maidstone and the hospital . |