Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido was already heading down the corridor towards his own room , but he stopped suddenly and glanced back at her across his shoulder . |
| 2 | What was it , six o'clock and come back at nine ? |
| 3 | I told her I would n't be long and went back down the path . |
| 4 | You would see broken cups gathering themselves together and jumping back onto the table . |
| 5 | The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times . |
| 6 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 7 | It 's exciting ; going back together and going back to a country which hopefully is changing . |
| 8 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 9 | Increasingly worried , Comfort dried Julia 's face as gently as she could , threw the water away and went back to her chair to watch . |
| 10 | ‘ Throw them away and come back with me . ’ |
| 11 | But now , get yourself away and get back on time if you want to get off early tonight . |
| 12 | If you get stuck , just put the map away and go back to it later . |
| 13 | Only a few of the rearmost broke away and escaped back towards Ruthyn . |
| 14 | He parked the car a street away and walked back through a gauntlet of whispers and stony smiles . |
| 15 | He 'd dumped the car a mile away and walked back to his flat , passing less than half a dozen other people along the way . |
| 16 | After giving birth to a child , Watkuweis ran away and journeyed back to her own people . |
| 17 | I pushed my plate away and settled back with the wine . |
| 18 | I pushed my plate away and settled back with the wine . |
| 19 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 20 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |
| 21 | Disappointed , she turned away and slid back between the sheets . |
| 22 | She pulled away and scrambled back to her side of the seat , but not before he gave her a knowing little smile . |
| 23 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 24 | Rory rolled her eyes heavenwards and settled back on the sun-lounger . |
| 25 | Anneka Patel , of Cypriana Holidays , said yesterday : ‘ He will be back on the cruise ship tonight and arriving back into Cyprus tomorrow morning to continue his holiday . |
| 26 | Day Six : With a salute from the dawn chorus , your cruiser leaves at 6.30am and heads back to Cologne . |
| 27 | The fellow opened his mouth soundlessly and pointed back down the track . |
| 28 | The door burst inward and crashed back against the wall . |
| 29 | Amiss left thankfully and went back to his researches in the library . |
| 30 | The apprentice put the ladle to its mouth , then nodded appreciatively and started back down the ladder as the seneschal continued , going against tradition . |