Example sentences of "back at the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |
| 2 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 3 | She sang Susanna earlier this summer in Simon Rattle 's period Figaro for Glyndebourne ( due to be seen on BBC TV before Christmas ) and is now back at the Coliseum as Pamina in Nicholas Hytner 's luminously hieroglyphic Magic Flute . |
| 4 | She was back at the desk when he stood up , stretched elaborately , and said : ‘ Guess I 'll get myself a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 5 | He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six . |
| 6 | Lofoten was chosen for this first large raid because it offered a chance to hit back at the enemy as well as such economic targets as the destruction of fish oil supplies , which might impair German manufacture of nitro-glycerine and would reduce supplies of vitamin A and B capsules issued to German troops . |
| 7 | Suitable scenes of red-faced hilarity would occur back at the office as someone always tipped off the entire staff to be ready at the front door . |
| 8 | I looked back at the house as Adrian drove away . |
| 9 | The following season he was back at the Festival as favourite for the Gold Cup , but soft going and the distance of three and a quarter miles proved his undoing , and he finished fifth . |
| 10 | Masklin glanced back at the label as he grabbed the sweater . |
| 11 | Gav said , nodding back at the television as he was half hauled out of the room by Aunt Janice , en route to the land of nod after a lengthy detour through the territories of bonk . |