Example sentences of "[vb pp] back at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd have come back at the weekend , most likely . |
| 2 | He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened . |
| 3 | Realising how she was staring at him , Isabel quickly looked back at the fire , leaning sideways a little so that her still-damp hair fell forward , partially shielding her face . |
| 4 | What was it Graham had said back at the Windorah about Barak ? |
| 5 | The real test of any training , of course , is how well it is applied back at the workface , and apart from Neale 's role in P-E , only the coming cricket season will show him how effective the Grid can be . |
| 6 | The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate . |
| 7 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 8 | An unopened pod taken from the tree will keep for at least three weeks , and when opened back at the nursery it is usual to obtain 100 per cent germination of the seed . |
| 9 | His hair was tied back at the nape of his neck . |
| 10 | But this huntsman , for all the energy and élan of his posture , is maimed : his crippled right leg is bent back at the knee and supported on some sort of crutch . |
| 11 | Gullibility and greed are charges that can just as well be flung back at the life companies . |
| 12 | It is from Zakarpatská Ukrajina , the Czech Ukraine or sub-Carpathian Ruthenia , first annexed by Hungary and later taken by the Soviet Union and never given back at the end of the war in 1945 . |
| 13 | The applause from the crowd round the green must have been heard back at the clubhouse . |
| 14 | They may have been open-fronted , the borders of the open seam being either fastened together or pinned back at the breast , again with brooches and pins . |
| 15 | Her hair , which looked as if it had been inexpertly permed , was pulled back at the sides but frizzed over the high forehead in the poodle-like fashion of an Edwardian . |
| 16 | And in the mid-afternoon , only a few hours after they had arrived back at the apartment , an urgent message had come through for Ross by fax . |
| 17 | By the time he had arrived back at the Hotel Colombi he had decided . |
| 18 | When the emergent leaves are formed , they should be cut back at the bottom at the stalks . |
| 19 | ( ANN ) Teachers of the pioneering Peto system for children with cerebral palsy have hit back at the suggestion it may be a waste of money . |
| 20 | He was forced to pack up his career as Charlton 's left back at the age of 20 . |
| 21 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 22 | Prickett , a former captain of the Wanderers , has been warmly welcomed back at the Memorial Grounds . |
| 23 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 24 | Oh that 's not to be , Sri Lanka are a hundred and thirty-eight for four and here 's Lawrence to pitched up and he drives outside the off stump , the ball goes through to Russell , low again , beaten back at the pace rehearses a shot outside the off stump , he was trying to hit it somewhere through extra cover . |