Example sentences of "and [verb] back [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot pushed back the blanket , slid off Gloria 's lap and moved back to sit by her window . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ she whispered , then smiled when he went very still and drew back to stare at her . |
| 3 | He moved agitatedly across the room and then turned and came back to stand over Briant 's chair . |
| 4 | So madness , or certain radical forms of writing , such as that of Sade , Bataille , Blanchot or Roussel , by transgressing the limits of order and turning back to reflect upon it , enable a space from which a critique can be made . |
| 5 | I mean , it 's not like waving a banner at a demo on Sunday afternoon and going back to work on Monday . |
| 6 | After 1,908 days of terror Joe was looking forward to living a normal life and getting back to work as a senior administrator with the American University . |
| 7 | The scientists exchanged weary looks and glanced back to check on their comrade . |
| 8 | Mrs Joyce whistled in amazement and stepped back to look at Martha , her fists now buried in her wobbling hips . |
| 9 | An excited buzz went through the audience , they giggled conspiratorially and settled back to wait with an air of expectancy . |
| 10 | She got herself seated at a table for four , ordered a glass of pastis , the local drink , and settled back to wait for her friends . |
| 11 | I took a fresh notebook from the glove compartment and started back to talk to them . |
| 12 | Vanessa Atkinson , 20 , died in intensive care 10 hours after she had been treated and sent back to work after complaining of leg pains . |
| 13 | Turn over then and go back to sleep for an hour and thought oh I 've got ta get up now the dog 's whining to go out , then we get up then when the dog starts whining to go out . |
| 14 | When they get back to their own places they go to the middle and pick up a ‘ pearl ’ and go back to stand in their places . |
| 15 | When she finished selling the remaining tickets Sally looked around for them , realised what had happened and went back to sit on one of the hard upright chairs which lined the hall . |
| 16 | The marriage ended because of her husband 's drink problem so June came back to Mud 's house at Neptune with her two children and went back to work as a dance instructor , at Arthur Murray 's highly popular dance centre in New York . |
| 17 | Mary , a 26-year-old woman with two children aged 1 and 3 , had divorced her husband 6 months before her overdose and gone back to live with her parents . |
| 18 | The brown egg struck the wall behind Delaney 's head with a clang and whirled back to bounce on the top of the radio bench . |
| 19 | These perfumed transvestites draw away rival males and sneak back to mate with the females . |
| 20 | A couple of hours and aching arms later the copper and brass was gleaming and sitting back to bask in satisfaction a voice soon broke the momentary pleasure . |
| 21 | She folded her arms , and leaned back to rest against the work surface behind her . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't believe this , ’ he said , holding her tight and leaning back to look at her . |
| 23 | As night fell Polly snipped her last snip , climbed down and stood back to look at her work . |