Example sentences of "and [verb] back [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel followed a squealing Belinda down the steps while David walked up to the deep end , dived in and swam back to join the rest of the group . |
| 2 | Watch your pockets , ’ we both said in unison and moved back to give the man space . |
| 3 | She dabs a little powder on top , and stands back to admire the effect . |
| 4 | I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe . |
| 5 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 6 | Some galleries are long , like those at Yew Tree and Monk Coniston , where a great ( or walking ) spinning wheel could be used , the spinner requiring space to draw her thread away from the great wheel and , turning , to reverse the wheel and walk back to wind the spun yarn on the bobbin . |
| 7 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
| 8 | ‘ As you say , ’ Trent said and turned back to organise the loading . |
| 9 | He was expected to get the crosses in from the left and get back to cover the left of defence . |
| 10 | I parked Armstrong round the corner and walked back to press the doorbell of 28 . |
| 11 | He sheeted both sails hard in and glanced back to see the Zodiac lift high on the edge of a breaking swell . |
| 12 | ‘ Thanks be to God , ’ I said and settled back to enjoy the drive . |
| 13 | He was only a boy , hardly out of drama school and scared stiff and , by the time he 'd pulled himself together and gone back to do the right thing by her , the girl had disappeared . |
| 14 | The fragments may be eaten there and then or tucked away beside the column to be collected when the hunt is over and taken back to feed the queen and those who stayed back in camp to tend and protect her . |
| 15 | For instance : Donald White might have come home with his mother 's laundry , read a chunk of Moby Dick , shot a few baskets , and kicked back to watch The Arsenio Hall Show . |
| 16 | Once I was outside , I left the engine running and ran back to close the gate . |
| 17 | Yanto parked the bike in the small alley which separated his Mother 's cottage from the Post Office and stood back to admire the machine again . |
| 18 | She buckled a stiff hard belt around Alexandra 's waist and stood back to admire the effect . |
| 19 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 20 | She left early , bought a day return , and sat back to enjoy the journey . |