Example sentences of "and [verb] back [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't remember him doing much digging in the garden but in my memory he is always mowing the lawn and fussing over a particular type of grass which evaded the blades and sprang back upright after the mower had passed over it . |
| 2 | He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 4 | One boy , sitting near the front , leant forward slightly if the reader 's voice volume needed raising and leant back slightly if it was too loud . |
| 5 | The following practices have been noted and should cease forthwith : Missiles thrown at the police should not be picked up and thrown back as once the missile has hit the ground it is deemed ‘ out of play ’ . |
| 6 | He I thought he might have sneaked out and come back again when I know he would n't leave Robert like , you know |
| 7 | An increasing dependency on the market forced them to sell their crop cheaply immediately after the harvest and buy back later when speculation and other factors had increased its price . |