Example sentences of "she [verb] back the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed . |
| 2 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 3 | She flung back the bedclothes and released a breath of pent-up fury , shaking her head in disbelief at that man 's ill-temper , at his supreme superiority . |
| 4 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 5 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
| 6 | Desperately she fought back the tears , not knowing why they had formed so swiftly . |
| 7 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
| 8 | ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery . |
| 9 | Every day she fought back the waves of nausea in order to fulfil her public engagements . |
| 10 | I waited at the carousel , Gillie fetched a trolley , and by the time she got back the bags had already come up . |
| 11 | The words rang flat when she fastened back the shutters . |
| 12 | She slipped on a thin gauze nightgown , and , despite the clammy , stifling heat of the night , she could n't help shivering with exhaustion as she drew back the bed cover , and crawled gratefully between the thin cotton sheets . |
| 13 | She drew back the curtain with her hand and looked both ways along the deserted street . |
| 14 | She played back the messages on her answerphone and jotted down the numbers and names of the men who had called : Tony , Ali , Geoff , and Junior . |
| 15 | She thumbed back the catches on her web . |
| 16 | She gulped back the tears and then blurted unsteadily , ‘ Luke drove him to his death , made Mark 's life a misery . |
| 17 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 18 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
| 19 | It was a very satisfactory feeling , and she threw back the sheet to feel the caressing warmth of the morning on her body . |
| 20 | She threw back the covers , and climbed in . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |
| 22 | She threw back the covers , slipped a light shawl around her shoulders above her coarse calico nightgown , thrust her bare feet into her felt slippers , and crossed the room , avoiding the small oak bureau by the door , which she opened cautiously . |
| 23 | She turned back the sleeves to see exactly how the cuffs had been sewn in . |
| 24 | She handed back the drawing . |
| 25 | Then she folded back the top of the shift . |
| 26 | She folded back the quilt of cottonwool scattered with gold paper stars . |
| 27 | She thrust back the chair and strode round the desk , her two hands locked together and her whole figure trembling with rage . |
| 28 | She sniffed back the tears , wiping her face on the sleeve of her nightgown . |
| 29 | He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound . |
| 30 | She swallowed back the lump in her throat . |