Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] the road [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wait until the driver or the passenger has got out of the car and , as they approach you , quickly reverse back down the road so that you are out of their reach and have room to manoeuvre . |
| 2 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 3 | The Tripodoro is set back from the road about 750 yards from the centre of quiet , easy-going Sportorno . |
| 4 | He looked back to the road where yet more French cavalry had appeared , and he knew it could not be long before the first French eight-pounder cannon arrived . |
| 5 | MATTHEW HOWE standing back from the road nearby is thought to date from between 1665 and 1700 . |