Example sentences of "back [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Adam looked back through the split in the gates , he saw Curly Top , saw the evil hatred in his eyes . |
| 2 | The outer side of the algal ridge is often interrupted by a system of spurs and grooves , the latter running back through the ridge as a series of surge channels , which may even become roofed over in places by the development of Porolithon from their sides . |
| 3 | Bert shuffled back through the door into the boarded off section of the garage , followed by Yanto , who was frustrated by the old man 's slowness . |
| 4 | The exit to the roof was on the other side of floor 5 so Ralph went back through the door into the large room . |
| 5 | The transaction seems to embarrass him because he insists on carrying it out in the corridor out of sight of his secretary , whose fluffy blue feet have just slipped and slid back through the door of his office . |
| 6 | He would expect his visitor to come back through the door to the kitchen . |
| 7 | The staircase was filled with the sounds of bellowing , screaming and thrashing shadows as Duvall burst back through the door after Barbara . |
| 8 | Entitled ‘ Potential human carcinogens : methods for identification and characterisation ’ , it was promptly kicked back through the door by several well-respected cancer specialists who were asked to review it . |
| 9 | Andy gives a small smile , takes the empty glass from her and heads back through the crowds to the kitchen . |
| 10 | Charlie looked quickly back through the half-light towards Trentham who said , ‘ Bloody Huns . |
| 11 | If he could root back through the maze of moment and incident , would he find premonitory signs sticking out like dire figurations of chicken entrails ? |
| 12 | I asked as we turned our backs on the Pacific and began working our way back through the maze of walls and rubble . |
| 13 | They shared a bottle of Barolo , then made their way back through the Lanes to the Conference Hall and stood on the sea-front opposite the entrance , watching the arrival of the Great and the Good . |
| 14 | In a journey back through the history of crime and delinquency , Pearson shows that for generations Britain has been plagued by the same problems and fears as today . |
| 15 | Modernization conceived as differentiation is of course the linchpin of Parsonian sociology , but can be traced back through the work of Weber and even of Lukács to the aesthetic writings of the mature Hegel ( Ká0tz 1982 ) . |
| 16 | Formed by looping the pile yarn across two warp strands and then drawing each end back through the inside of both warps . |
| 17 | The supply chain project seeks to achieve this by focusing on future customer needs and driving them back through the activities of the business to make Guinness Brewing GB operate as effectively as possible for the company and its customers . |
| 18 | He took hold of her by the shoulders and began to shake her with all his strength , forcing her back through the hall towards the staircase . |
| 19 | Turn back through the pages of ancient history books on Venice and as far back as the year 1740 you will find tell of a friendly hostelry providing a refuge to weary travellers on this hotel 's site . |
| 20 | What will future travellers remember as they look back through the mist of time ? |
| 21 | I said my goodbyes to the head of the House of Timur ; Pakeezah offered to lead me back through the labyrinth of Daryaganj to the Faiz Bazaar . |
| 22 | ‘ We ca n't just drive back through the middle of St Denis , ’ Rogers said . |
| 23 | And gives movement to the arms of the scissors and so back through the sieves to the chariot and the moulds . |
| 24 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 25 | With her ears ringing from the massive blast of the weapon she threw herself down and crawled across to the wall by the front door , able to see back through the sitting-room to the kitchen . |
| 26 | Masklin crept back through the grass to the nomes ' camp , if that 's what you could call a tiny dry space under a scrap of thrown-away plastic . |
| 27 | He led me back through the empty-ward to the other end . |
| 28 | As we were walking back through the garden to the house , he said to me , ‘ Jane , you 've had a strange night . |
| 29 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 30 | I locked the Transit — you can take peace , harmony and sisterly love just so far — and threaded my way back through the tents to the fire Melanie had lit near the clapped-out bus without wheels . |