Example sentences of "[vb past] back [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 2 | He drew back the groaning bolts and turned the rusty iron ring , and the door opened inwards with a protesting creak . |
| 3 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 4 | Claudia caught back the angry words she wanted to hurl at him . |
| 5 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 6 | The man shuffled back a few paces , bent almost double . |
| 7 | She stopped , then reversed back a few feet until she could turn into the open gateway . |
| 8 | Bernice and Defries stepped back a few paces , to where Daak 's shrieking chainsword was slicing a hole in the curved wall . |
| 9 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 10 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 11 | Katherine crossed to the window and pulled back the heavy drapes , squinting against the pale January sunlight . |
| 12 | You could indeed , you could indeed it it reinforces a point does n't it , so I mean I so went back a few times with the flipchart yesterday with things that we need to re reinforce yes ? |
| 13 | Determined not to play into his hands , Luce bit back the curious questions , and simply waited . |
| 14 | It brought back the long months of bitterness and loneliness she had suffered , shut away on her father 's estate . |
| 15 | Talbot was on deck when the launch brought back the six survivors . |
| 16 | ‘ Some say they brought back the wrong ashes , and that is n't Yeats there at all . |
| 17 | Yet , even as she squealed , she pushed back the tormented cheeks of her arse on to him . |
| 18 | Dickinson got down and held back the prickly branches while Killion blundered out , his lips triphammering away at the opening consonants of all the swear-words he knew . |
| 19 | Only the thought of the month they still had to work together contained her rage , held back the biting comments . |