Example sentences of "and [vb past] back a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN ornithologist sent off £20 for a ‘ parabolic microphone kit ’ to record his favourite birdsongs from 250 yards — and got back a WOK used for stir-frying . |
| 2 | The second whinnied and moved back a step to graze the spot it had been coveting for the past hour . |
| 3 | ‘ Must give ye the question ! ’ he grinned sheepishly and staggered back a step . |
| 4 | But he did n't even wait to hear her protests that she was all right , and came back a minute later with two hospital pillows which he arranged for her , and she thought the faintly male , musky and intensely sensual smell of him as he bent over her was making her more faint than loss of blood . |
| 5 | Joe trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later , holding a parcel . |
| 6 | He started nervously and sniffed back a tear . |
| 7 | He put his hand into the engine , touched something hot , and sprang back a pace . |
| 8 | In the end , Quigley put his hand on his hip and stepped back a pace . |
| 9 | Donaldson had jumped from his chair and stumbled back a couple of paces , and Hennessy had removed himself even further . |
| 10 | Much later , Nevin , geed up by his goal , danced past two tackles along the byline and pulled back a cross which Aldridge just failed to reach . |
| 11 | The boy gave a faint , startled cry , and fell back a pace , putting up his hands to his bleeding cheek . |
| 12 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |
| 13 | It survived a dunking in a mountain stream , and brought back a picture of a retrieving hand to prove it . |
| 14 | Against all predictions , the Tories increased support to 25.7 per cent and won back a couple of seats . |
| 15 | She had fingered the lamp and slid back an edge of the curtain on to a sun-flecked , eight o'clock day , searching for a clue . |