Example sentences of "[vb past] back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when he 's been there a little while perhaps he can come with all the authority of a Euro MP and tell us the answer to his own question er , the honourable member for Ashfield er referred back to the positioning of the European parliament er where it should meet , there are three sites . |
| 2 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 4 | The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf . |
| 5 | Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited . |
| 6 | He woke her gently , and as the mists sank back into the river in the sunlight , they made love . |
| 7 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 8 | The old man sank back into the chair , a look of satisfaction on his face . |
| 9 | Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake . |
| 10 | I sank back on the bed and started worrying about money . |
| 11 | And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch . |
| 12 | The Germans , panting for breath , sank back against the ice . |
| 13 | Lisa sank back against the sofa , despair rushing through her . |
| 14 | The pound , which has enjoyed a decent run so far this week , was again under pressure and sank back against the mark and the dollar . |
| 15 | Clutching the sheet , letting a great hollow groan escape me , I staggered back across the room . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 17 | She almost staggered back to the kitchen table and sat down and as she did so the kitchen clock struck nine . |
| 18 | Cooke and Baxter followed the ritualistic path to the local bars , breaking an enforced curfew , and staggered back to the hotel at 4.00 am where , predictably , they were caught by trainer Walter McRae . |
| 19 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 20 | One of the most moving is the Common Riding at Selkirk , whose Flodden memorial with its inscription O , Flodden Field recalls the single local survivor who staggered back from the battle with an English standard , now lodged in the town museum . |
| 21 | Dazed , he staggered back against the console and heard his shotgun clattering to the floor as it slipped from his nerveless fingers . |
| 22 | He staggered back inside the house . |
| 23 | Harrison Ford stars as a former CIA man lured back into the fray after he becomes the target of the IRA . |
| 24 | The papers was published in 1966 but Pons left Ann Arbor , his PhD work uncompleted , lured back to the family businesses . |
| 25 | In fact , he did begin to run , but then he stopped , abruptly , right in the entrance , turned round , and peered back down the tunnel . |
| 26 | He peered back underneath the truck . |
| 27 | A woman , walking up the railway line to Underwood , drew back into the hedge , held her basket aside , and watched the footplate of the engine advancing ( 3 ) . |
| 28 | There we watched the rout of the dive-bombers , but the shrapnel pattered down again , and we drew back into the doorway . |
| 29 | Painfully , Athelstan drew back from the precipice of doubt and depression . |
| 30 | Max Klein shouted back above the engine noise . |