Example sentences of "and [vb past] back on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Margot went thanks very much , and got back on the bus . |
| 2 | At the same time they have re-examined ‘ respect for the individual ’ , and focussed back on the manager 's role in developing trust , justice , helping employees take ownership of their jobs . |
| 3 | Sykes went to Paris a couple of days before you did , and came back on the Monday . |
| 4 | A curl broke to my right and almost engulfed me , so I swung even further left and shuffled back on the board to keep from pearling . |
| 5 | Rory rolled her eyes heavenwards and settled back on the sun-lounger . |
| 6 | I walked the glen many times , and looked back on the few trees , lying far in the hollow , that grow near the place where the massacre is said to have begun ; while on either side were deep rock-lined , tree and fern-fringed chasms , leading into seclusions and bleak mountain summits , one could spend long hours exploring . |
| 7 | She lost her balance and fell back on the old iron bedstead , pulling the old woman off her feet . |
| 8 | He dropped the diary into the drawer , closed it and fell back on the pillows . |
| 9 | When the question was put , the Earl shouted ‘ not content ’ , and lay back on the buttonback red benches to await the division . |
| 10 | He smiled contentedly and lay back on the couch . |
| 11 | Muttering about the appalling decline in standards since she was last in Lisbon , Maria Candida knelt to help Sara off with her shoes , and while she did so , Sara sighed and lay back on the feather bed . |
| 12 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 13 | Julia obeyed , amused at his fatherliness , and lay back on the pillow . |
| 14 | A servant girl brought me up water , I washed and lay back on the bed to rest before dinner . |
| 15 | She pushed the tray off her knees and lay back on the pillow . |
| 16 | When he had gone , she turned the light off and lay back on the bed , still in her dress if not her knickers , staring at the ceiling . |
| 17 | Ronni sighed and lay back on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread . |
| 18 | The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her . |
| 19 | I stopped taking my testosterone tablets and went back on the dole again . |
| 20 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 21 | The part-empty container is then taken off its rack and put back on the ground briefly to allow the hoses to drain back into it . |
| 22 | Sleep covered me like an eiderdown which some invisible nurse had picked up from the floor and put back on the bed . |
| 23 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 24 | He forced the unhappy plane into an Immelmann turn and dived back on the balloon . |
| 25 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 26 | He stopped work , and sat back on the edge of the lawn . |
| 27 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 28 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |