Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] back at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard . |
| 2 | The trial continues back at Bristol Crown Court tomorrow . |
| 3 | The head man could get bitten , the tail man could get doused with noisome excreta — and if they both missed their grasp , then the middle man got both bad ends of the snake coming back at him at the same time . |
| 4 | The present looks back at some great figure of an earlier century and wonders , Was he on our side ? |
| 5 | In his chair he saw the familiar features of the president looking back at him , the face he knew so well from his television set and the newspapers . |
| 6 | Sheila had not moved from the settee , and Morse stood in the doorway looking back at her : ‘ Do n't you know ? ’ |
| 7 | Whitlock paused in the doorway to look back at Rachel . |
| 8 | Across the road to the butcher 's where they looked in the window to see back at the reflection of Hogan 's Outfitters and realise that Sean Walsh had gone back inside to the empire that would one day be his . |
| 9 | He squatted down in the straw looking at the foal , and the foal looked back at him , indignant , bright-eyed , quivering with life . |
| 10 | By the time the coach arrived back at Oxford the day had been made remarkable and worthy of being talked about . |
| 11 | The boy stared back at him a moment , then returned his bow . |
| 12 | The child looked back at him . |
| 13 | The waiter arrived back at the table and Fernando stood to speak to him . |
| 14 | The frog in the lead looked back at his dwindling group . |
| 15 | The evening ended back at Granby Village where mother and daughter enjoyed a one-night stay in one of the luxurious apartments . |
| 16 | The Duke looked back at the Prussian message . |
| 17 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 18 | The concept goes back at least as far as 1877 when Jessel MR stated in Winn v Bull [ 1877 ] 7 Ch 29 that " where you have a proposal or agreement made in writing expressed to be subject to a formal contract being prepared , it means what it says ; it is subject to and is dependent upon a formal contract being prepared . " |
| 19 | In fact , the fog obliged the convoy to turn back at first , but it set out again later in the day and reached the Spanish mainland with little difficulty . |
| 20 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
| 21 | Somehow , after half an hour , I was at the top looking back at the sign which warned ‘ Rapide Descente 300 metres ’ . |
| 22 | The Italian stared back at her widened lagoon-blue eyes which had become very serious . |
| 23 | ‘ We leave winter behind us , it seems , ’ Tagan said , turning in the saddle to look back at the still-white hills . |
| 24 | The right leg follows it and the student arrives back at his original stance . |
| 25 | The Governor glanced back at the solitary warder and nodded . |
| 26 | 7 What time did the cutter arrive back at the base ? |
| 27 | 8 How far had the launch still to go when the cutter arrived back at base ? |
| 28 | The pilot glanced back at him . |
| 29 | The scrawny swarthy-skinned kid in the mirror blinked back at him . |
| 30 | When he opened his eyes , the taste of blood sharp in his mouth , he expected to see the assassin disappearing into the shadows of the park , but the bizarre Mr Pie was standing at the kerb looking back at him . |