Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] back [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The woman was so surprised that she fell back a step . |
2 | However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it . |
3 | In a despairing sweep her gaze ran over the dress , and she bit back a groan . |
4 | In a fast sweep her eyes ran from the top of his dark head down to the tips of his elegant feet , and she bit back a groan as she realised that that tempting glimpse of his body had done nothing to prepare her for Luke Calder in the magnificent flesh . |
5 | Her grey eyes widened , and she bit back an involuntary exclamation . |
6 | The warmth in his voice reached out to her , thawing the numb , frozen parts deep inside , and she choked back a sob . |
7 | " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday . |
8 | and she brings back a few bits , not enough for a child . |
9 | It was a very satisfactory feeling , and she threw back the sheet to feel the caressing warmth of the morning on her body . |
10 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
11 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
12 | She had the insane desire to tell all that to this man , but she bit back the words . |
13 | But she bit back the words . |
14 | It was on the tip of her tongue then to ask if he had managed to dispatch the papers to whoever they were destined for , but she held back the question before it got uttered . |
15 | He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound . |
16 | When she came back the next day the stripes had been dyed her natural brunette , but badly , so that her hair still seemed striped , hence her nickname , Bunte . |
17 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
18 | The words rang flat when she fastened back the shutters . |
19 | Edith was already up , and had awoken him with her cries of woe when she drew back the heavy plush curtains to discover grey skies and drizzle . |
20 | ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery . |
21 | She slipped on a thin gauze nightgown , and , despite the clammy , stifling heat of the night , she could n't help shivering with exhaustion as she drew back the bed cover , and crawled gratefully between the thin cotton sheets . |
22 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |