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 .
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