Example sentences of "[vb past] back [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came back just as we were finishing the test . |
| 2 | Making an awkward little gesture towards the cupboard under the sink , she stepped back hastily as he bent to collect the dustpan and brush . |
| 3 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 4 | He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him . |
| 5 | Caroline stepped back quickly as the heavy velvet curtain descended . |
| 6 | Memories flooded back yesterday as the couple presented a £43,000 cheque raised in memory of Leonora for research into children 's cancers . |
| 7 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 8 | He shrank back fearfully as the horns scythed back and forth among the fragile trees , only a foot or so from his vulnerable body . |
| 9 | Abandoning the isolation he had sought so avidly in September , he went back so as to be at home for Christmas , always a precarious time for him . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 11 | The clan held back politely as he swaggered down after the others into the sheltered hollow . |