Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Whip Richard Ryder anxiously counted the numbers of MPs trooping back from the lobbies . |
| 2 | The garrison , in spite of everything and without the assistance of the Collector , continued to labour between one downpour and the next to prevent their walls of mud from oozing back into the plain from which they had been dug , but the number of men available to wield a shovel had suddenly begun to decrease alarmingly . |
| 3 | If you split a fortnight between the Algarve and exploration , and are flying back from Faro , then you could make the Lisbon area your limit , staying in the city or in Cascais , the breezy little port along the coast , heading out to ravishing Sintra , the royal summer retreat which is 15 miles north , then driving back via the walled Moorish town of Évora . |
| 4 | As they set off she realized they were n't driving back towards the restaurants of the town centre and Willi 's beloved Franz Joseph hotel , but up to the mountain road that led over the pass and into the next valley . |
| 5 | And , when we were driving back towards the tunnel , do you know Upper Parliament Street ? |
| 6 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought they 'd gone off my land and started driving back to the house but then suddenly felt a sharp pain in my back . |
| 8 | Driving back to the house through the small back-roads was more difficult than she 'd anticipated , and she took a couple of wrong turnings . |
| 9 | Driving back in the dark , Roland and Maud communicated in brief businesslike bursts , their imaginations hugely busy elsewhere . |
| 10 | The waterfall , however , is a hundred yards downriver and is best reached by walking back along the road for fifty yards to the end of a wall , where a step down in the undergrowth discloses a good path high on the river bank above a deep gorge , the waterfall soon being seen through a canopy of foliage . |
| 11 | A coastal walk with several variants : do the whole coastal stretch , looking round inland and finishing at the visitor centre for the bus back , or start a shorter walk from Coldingham ( walking back along the road or taking the bus ) . |
| 12 | She had been walking back along the track , head bent , deep in thought . |
| 13 | Downes looked down at his wristwatch , and at last turned away , walking back along the bare platform towards the footbridge — where he was confronted by the bulk of the broad-shouldered Lewis . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 15 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 16 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 17 | Walking back to the theatre that night , Noreen was extremely tense and said little . |
| 18 | ‘ Deal with this fellow , will you , ’ said the Major , walking back to the trenches , annoyed at getting his polished boots muddy . |
| 19 | Then , walking back to the car , I started rehearsing what I 'd say to them , almost as if I were concocting my story . |
| 20 | Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins . |
| 21 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 22 | Walking back to the club that night and recalling old Martin 's letter , I began to understand some of the qualities that make a successful courtier . |
| 23 | Walking back to the end of the train , he found the guard standing on the track beside his brakevan . |
| 24 | The next one in was always the one to worry about , not the player walking back to the dressing-room . ’ |
| 25 | One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me . |
| 26 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 27 | Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand . |
| 28 | Using the same forthrightness as her brother , she took Hilary 's arm in a firm grip and began walking back to the house . |
| 29 | As he watched Melody walking back to the farm , deliberately exaggerating the swing of her hips for his benefit , Seb was thinking of Anna . |
| 30 | He was just walking back to the house when the patrol car came storming up the drive , etching his shadow on the wall . |