Example sentences of "[vb past] back [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 2 | He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him . |
| 3 | Caroline stepped back quickly as the heavy velvet curtain descended . |
| 4 | Memories flooded back yesterday as the couple presented a £43,000 cheque raised in memory of Leonora for research into children 's cancers . |
| 5 | He shrank back fearfully as the horns scythed back and forth among the fragile trees , only a foot or so from his vulnerable body . |