Example sentences of "[vb past] back the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
| 2 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 3 | The next morning Tom Picton , a former lecturer at the Royal College of Art who had worked as picture editor on the dummy edition , played back the tinny message . |
| 4 | yeah , but it came back the other day did n't it ? |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , thank you , Corp , ’ came back the sarcastic cry . |
| 6 | Wayne seemed frozen in mid-action as she quickly threw back the top sheet of the bed and climbed in ; but then he recovered , and started an awkward fight to get his shoes off without actually untying their laces . |
| 7 | The Right-Ons fired back the unanswerable reply that meetings belonged to those who attended them . |
| 8 | Occupying Guadalcanal among other Solomon Islands , they were checked when the invasion fleet had to be recalled before reaching Port Moresby , for an American naval task force , despite heavy losses , turned back the Japanese fleet on 5 May in the battle of the Coral Sea 300 miles ( 550km ) south of Guadalcanal . |
| 9 | Prince Tyrion is the Elf general who turned back the great Incursion of Chaos two hundred years ago . |
| 10 | Then he turned back the top sheet and blankets . |
| 11 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |
| 12 | Di handed back the leased supercar recently following continuing pressure for her to drive a British model . |
| 13 | She thrust back the bright patchwork quilt and levered herself to a sitting position , her feet dangling over the edge of the bed . |
| 14 | When she had found the tokens she shovelled back the mingled wheat and rye , regardless , into the containers . |
| 15 | When they got back the little house was empty . |
| 16 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 17 | She fought back the sudden urge to run to him , to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness . |
| 18 | Colin fought back the inevitable question . |
| 19 | There was an overwhelming stench of stale urine and sweat from inside the freight car but Graham swallowed back the rising bile in his throat and eased the door open further to see what else it might contain . |
| 20 | She pulled back the front curtain vigorously and revealed herself to be young and jolly-looking . |
| 21 | Together they pulled back the high door , which despite its rustic appearance , ran smoothly on well-greased and balanced rollers . |
| 22 | Benjamin went across and pulled back the dead man 's head . |
| 23 | ANDY pulled back the spring-loaded handle of the machine and released it with a thump . |
| 24 | Four times a day , the nurse pulled back the white cover , turned Dot on her side , pulled up the gown and thrust the needle in with the savage pain of a bayonet . |
| 25 | As he climbed up from the rowing-deck onto the poop , he tossed back the great plaid and turned a bleak gaze on his clansmen . |
| 26 | And for once Lisa managed to suppress her irritation and bit back the impatient demand for an answer that she felt instinctively rising to her lips . |
| 27 | Alexandra bit back the unpleasant retort which rose to her lips . |
| 28 | As they paddled in silence , Delaney bit back the rising ache in his throat . |
| 29 | She looked back the other way . |
| 30 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |