Example sentences of "[v-ing] back at the [noun] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Perhaps they feel it is a way of getting back at the system that keeps them in the poverty gap . |
| 32 | gazing back at the work to be done |
| 33 | He stopped abruptly and gazed round , staring back at the throng they had pushed through . |
| 34 | I funny staring back at the car park , the car park , and the |
| 35 | For the moment Morse made no reply , staring back at the house with a slightly puzzled air . |
| 36 | ‘ That woman ! ’ he snarled , glaring back at the barn . |
| 37 | " Guess , " Quiss said , putting his hands on his hips and leaning forward , glaring back at the seneschal , who stood blocking the doorway into his office . |
| 38 | Gav said , nodding back at the television as he was half hauled out of the room by Aunt Janice , en route to the land of nod after a lengthy detour through the territories of bonk . |
| 39 | ‘ Not wine , thank you , ’ said Melissa with a smile , glancing back at the car . |
| 40 | Without glancing back at the house , he climbed into the cab of the Land Rover . |
| 41 | Michael Heseltine , fighting back at the Department of Trade and Industry , is still wounded , maybe forever . |
| 42 | It was dark when we finally left the area of the 51st Highland Division , arriving back at the clearing in the woods near to Bavent , very much refreshed , outwardly and inwardly , not forgetting the gift of a bottle of best malt whisky . |
| 43 | Arriving back at the cottage for the last time Ludens paused to look and listen . |
| 44 | Arriving back at the cottage , Otto was in a thoroughly excited state . |
| 45 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |
| 46 | Any group of intimate Libyans , in such circumstances , would respond aloud to what they saw and heard : at ease , politically interested and informed , talking back at the set was the rule . |
| 47 | The corner shop comes into view , with JJ 's ugly mug peering round it , and jerking back at the sight of me , and I am killing myself with laughter inside as Miss Plum and I walk right past , together . |