Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We left Paris by the Porte D'Orleans and found ourselves back amongst the tilled meadows and windmills which ring the city . |
| 2 | As a result of all this , Baldwin found himself back in the Caxton Hall by 30 October . |
| 3 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
| 4 | Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane . |
| 5 | Afterwards she found herself back at the Collector 's bedside in the same churning confusion of day and night . |
| 6 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 7 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 8 | The moment I felt myself slipping back into that sad , old routine , I jerked myself back to the reality of the moment . |
| 9 | Surfers traced themselves back to the Duke as if he were Adam . |
| 10 | Asking the way towards Monte Samana , they found themselves back at the hospital . |
| 11 | After a few attempts at checking myself by thinking of Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes riding a tandem , I found myself back at the doctor . |
| 12 | He conducted me back down the cold stone steps by the scruff of my neck and soon I found myself back in the street again . |
| 13 | And so I found myself back in the overgrown garden in the bright daylight . |
| 14 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 15 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
| 16 | BILLIONAIRE Ross Perot last night threw himself back into the race to become US President . |
| 17 | Her voice ended in a shrill scream , as she threw herself back on the table and flung open her legs . |
| 18 | She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows . |
| 19 | However , there was a storming finish as Peterborough twice hauled themselves back into the match . |
| 20 | On the bank , the trumpet twittered again , and the water became full of spray and hurtling bodies as shoremen left their attack and threw themselves back on the sand . |
| 21 | I threw myself back on the bed with a laugh . |
| 22 | I threw myself back through the door , falling to the ground . |
| 23 | Martin pressed himself back into the burial plot , his fear of it temporarily forgotten in the face of this new terror . |
| 24 | She got herself back to the lodging somehow . |
| 25 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 26 | She pulled herself back to the point , assuming once more an expression of sobriety . |
| 27 | They gradually pulled themselves back into the game . |
| 28 | When they were clear of the city 's traffic , Colt eased himself back in the seat and lit a small cigar . |
| 29 | She stood up and thought herself back into the Mayor 's office . |
| 30 | 236 for 2 overnight became 296 for 7 next morning as England bowled themselves back into the game , but Lloyd and Garner put on 83 for the eighth wicket and then Holding and Croft an unbeaten 67 for the tenth as the bowlers tired , enabling Lloyd to declare on 468 . |