Example sentences of "[v-ing] him back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 2 | And so it goes on until he boards a ship about to set Voyager ( 15 , Curzon West End , 113 mins ) Europa ( 15 , Chelsea , Everyman , 114 mins ) sail for France and meets Sabeth , the pony-tailed young woman who is his ‘ fate ’ , leading him back to the woman he once loved and to his own Greek tragedy . |
| 3 | It was a trick , leading him back into the same old treadmill . |
| 4 | In The Desert Rats as the young English captain who put paid to that upstart Rommel by turning him back at a crucial moment in the whole North African Campaign ( set in Palm Springs ) , he was fine . |
| 5 | It attached itself to him , and Edouard , looking down , recognised the young girl he had seen with Grégoire , pulling him back into the cottage . |
| 6 | The two sailors took Paddy by his elbows , pulling him back towards the warehouse . |
| 7 | He conquered one of Europe 's toughest courses , the tour 's strongest field and the critics who labelled him a loser with his sudden-death triumph over Colin Montgomerie , elevating him back among the world 's leading players . |
| 8 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 9 | The author has felt that these latter efforts have not in some way brought out the real flavour of the game in the sense that the play does not take place on a real pitch , surrounded by players who get in the way of run-making and occasionally do their stuff by bowling the batsman out or sending him back to the pavilion by some other means . |
| 10 | As the German doubled over , he raised a knee in his face , sending him back against the bar . |
| 11 | Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing . |
| 12 | The subject of this exasperated thought sent him a look of enquiry , bringing him back to the present debate . |
| 13 | ‘ Bryan had an exceptional start to the season and that certainly was my reasoning behind bringing him back into the Turkey game , ’ said Taylor . |
| 14 | Once he had been to the forbidden place — for him , England — and once he had succeeded in returning , he would have been taken by a tide , a powerful current drawing him back to the heartwoods . |
| 15 | There had been no acquittal since they were taking him back to the prison . |
| 16 | It was a nostalgic sound , taking him back to the flat in Notting Hill where he and Frances had started their married life ; and started Juliet ; and , in a way , started living apart . |
| 17 | Given the dating technique of the time Halling Man was thought to have been Aurignacian , taking him back to the closing phase of the Ice Age . |
| 18 | ‘ We are taking him back to the institution . |
| 19 | Never a glimpse of him since that good little lass saw them dragging him back into the wards . |
| 20 | Graham had managed to untie his hands soon after entering the room and lashed out at Samir , catching him on the side of the face with his fist , rocking him back against the wall . |
| 21 | There were certain crescendos when a particularly macho spectator would sweep a Bisu off his feet and kiss him furiously before roughly throwing him back into the circle again . |