Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
| 2 | Searching back through the long history of feline deterrents , there appear to have been only three smelly substances that have achieved a measure of success . |
| 3 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 4 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 5 | I lay back in the long chair . |
| 6 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 7 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |