Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst . |
| 2 | I stalked back into the room and brushed my hair furiously , counting the strokes . |
| 3 | I got back under the duvet and felt my balls , for reassurance . |
| 4 | Reluctantly I got back into the car . |
| 5 | I was in the car park and er , I got back into the car and , with Mrs , the phone rang and it was erm Mr , he was going out at half past three . |
| 6 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 7 | When I got back to the block there it was sitting on the table beside the empty bowls waiting for soup : an extra biscuit each , spread with liver paste , and half a quarter pound slab of chocolate . |
| 8 | When I got back to the car , the fern was sitting in the boot in its pot looking exceedingly perky , if a fern can look perky . |
| 9 | I was so green I did n't know what was behind it and boasted that I could become Judge 's Baby when I got back to the dressing-room . |
| 10 | It had been dark for an hour when I got back to the car park . |
| 11 | So I rounded up my bird-fancying friends ' old copies of Cage and Aviary and studied them until I got back to the very beginning of the season , early March . |
| 12 | I got back to the office and explained my doubts to the analyst . |
| 13 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
| 14 | When I got back to the attic , I was surprised to find Jean-Claude was not alone . |
| 15 | Max and I were delighted with the result , but when I got back to the hotel I was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed . |
| 16 | When I got back to the cell the boys were keen to hear everything , but , tactfully , they left me alone to be with my thoughts . |
| 17 | But when I got back to the agency this morning , the place had been cleared out . ’ |
| 18 | When I got back to the beach ten minutes later he was sitting on the baulk . |
| 19 | He went on , ‘ When I got back to the room , it was empty . |
| 20 | I got back to The Milebrook next day . |
| 21 | Sir Edmund was out when I got back to the office , so I gave my new name and address to Rosemary and went back to the Temple to collect some kit for my weekend with Joanna . |
| 22 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
| 23 | A good War , with all the right ingredients and a more spectacular ending than most ( I even had my father asking me what all the explosions and the fire had been about , when I got back to the house that evening ) , but too long ago . |
| 24 | By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds . |
| 25 | By the time I got back to the office it was almost six-thirty . |
| 26 | ‘ The meeting went on longer than I expected , and when I got back to the car there was a ticket on it . |
| 27 | ‘ When I got back to the base and was told he was dead my legs went from under me . |
| 28 | When I told our fellers when I got back to the depot would n't believe me ! |
| 29 | Well I thought it was when I went out and exercised the dog before lunch , I went up to Jubilee Park and eh , I had a very brisk walk indeed and I was absolutely lathered by the time I got back to the car , after half an hour . |
| 30 | I was absolutely steaming by the time I got back to the car . |