Example sentences of "[v-ing] back [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gazing down at his wife as she glared up at him , tossing back her blonde hair in an imperious gesture , Ross was suddenly reminded of a proud , possessive lioness guarding her cubs . |
| 2 | Shiona regarded him harshly , tossing back her auburn hair . |
| 3 | Only a black quilted hairband pushing back her blonde hair hinted at an aristocratic connection . |
| 4 | Only a black quilted hairband pushing back her blonde hair hinted at an aristocratic connection . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , look at me , ’ she said ruefully pushing back her tangled hair and straightening her skirts . |
| 6 | which is pushing back his normal service |
| 7 | Choking back his own fear of the desolate , grassless woodland , the before-dawn-returning owls that they could hear some way off and the extraordinary , rank animal smell that seemed to come from somewhere rather nearer , he began . |
| 8 | Comfort shook it and murmured something formally polite , but she looked him over in rather obvious disdain , tilting back her small head to see his face . |
| 9 | A country is required within 3 — 5 years to repurchase its drawings through buying back its own currency with foreign currencies . |
| 10 | ‘ My angel , ’ Alain said huskily , stroking back her fair hair , ‘ of course it was me . |
| 11 | He swam vigorously , ducking his head in the water and flinging back his wet hair . |