Example sentences of "he [verb] back [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew back at last . |
| 2 | ‘ Would you like me to see if there 's a doctor on the train ? ’ the conductor asked as he walked back through First Class with her . |
| 3 | It cost him three minutes and he fell back to 14th overall , but drove magnificently to recover much of the deficit and climb back to eighth by the end of the day , sharing two stage victories with McRae . |
| 4 | These pit-stops proved to be disastrous for Hill , whose Williams crew did not seem to be prepared and he slipped back from second to fourth as a result of his stop which lasted more than 17 seconds . |
| 5 | He held back at first , but only until she was confined in the hospital at Leyden . |