Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter I sat back and let Tod handle everything . |
| 2 | The remaining 10 per cent , I sit back and let John manipulate me . |
| 3 | make sure I see her this week , so she said oh she said Penny is a good girl she said er there was Penny and Margaret working at G P P and she said they were both doing test but she said come the end of day they only wanted one she said and for that , so she said Penny stood back and let Margaret stay to keep her job |
| 4 | Dexter looked back and saw Russell drain off the last drops of his lager . |
| 5 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 6 | Why not go back and let Charlie get rid of him for me ? |
| 7 | I ca n't sit back and let Liz get on with it . ’ |
| 8 | He seemed quite content to sit back and let Stephen do the talking when Elvin Braithwaite , the island 's Immigration chief , knocked and entered . |
| 9 | ‘ God , though , it 's tempting , ’ William says , leaning back and letting Andy crane out over the pyramid of glasses again . |
| 10 | They had spent half an hour with the President , the Director sitting back and letting Rostov take him through all the details of the last few weeks . |