Example sentences of "he back on the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Long periods of enforced solitude as a semi-invalid threw him back on the resources of his own imagination , and after reading Hindoo Holiday , by J. R. Ackerley [ q.v. ] , |
2 | ‘ For fuck 's sake , and I do n't care who the hell he is — release him , throw him back on the streets and do n't touch him again . |
3 | Yet for a short time his arrival at Oxford threw him back on the hunkers of his class and family . |
4 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
5 | ‘ T is true that releasing Stephen will put him back on the throne , but our army can do nothing without my Lord of Gloucester at its head . |
6 | Once naked , she pushed him back on the bed , ran her hands over his smooth skin . |
7 | Yeah , he was on it some time and Charles and they 'd put him back on the ward becau when John last saw him , cos he , John was visiting er , used to be having treatment or something at |
8 | ‘ I 'm going to the bathroom , ’ said Philip , putting the stupid lamp that his Mum had bought him back on the window-sill . |