Example sentences of "back and [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her head back and roared with laughter at this , before shaking her head and restoring her attention to the road . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's my duty , ’ he replied so piously that Corbett leaned back and roared with laughter . |
| 3 | She was enraged and not at all pleased when Felipe threw his head back and roared with laughter . |
| 4 | Bishop grabbed his collar , hoisted him back and stepped in front of him . |
| 5 | Graham , when he came to pick me up , would stand back and burst into song , like that man in " Gigi " : " Why , you 've been growing up before my very eyes ! " |
| 6 | Biddy put her head back and yelled with laughter . |
| 7 | Aragorn puts down Andúril at the gate of the Golden Hall , and declares its name : ‘ The guard stepped back and looked with amazement ’ . |
| 8 | He drove back and parked outside number three — at the top of the arm of the U that stood opposite Annie 's cabin . |
| 9 | The dog must have run away and , being such a pampered animal , crawled back and pined to death for its mistress . |
| 10 | Jamie frowned once , then sat back and watched in satisfaction as Andra drank his first ‘ Cathy ’ . |
| 11 | Yes we 've erm we 've brought in to play left back and pushed into midfield , playing with three mid-fielders , erm and we shall keep the same centre half pairing of and . |
| 12 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 13 | Then Ruth came back and spoke to Mother . |