Example sentences of "she [verb] back the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 2 | She fought back the sudden urge to run to him , to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness . |
| 3 | Edith was already up , and had awoken him with her cries of woe when she drew back the heavy plush curtains to discover grey skies and drizzle . |
| 4 | However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it . |
| 5 | When she came back the next day the stripes had been dyed her natural brunette , but badly , so that her hair still seemed striped , hence her nickname , Bunte . |
| 6 | Granted this authenticity even for the symbol , she came back the next day , nobly escorted . |
| 7 | She came back the next day . |
| 8 | She thrust back the bright patchwork quilt and levered herself to a sitting position , her feet dangling over the edge of the bed . |
| 9 | When she had found the tokens she shovelled back the mingled wheat and rye , regardless , into the containers . |
| 10 | She pulled back the front curtain vigorously and revealed herself to be young and jolly-looking . |
| 11 | Then , with skirt high and legs apart , she rolled back the thick outer lips of her quim with her thumbs to reveal the secret pink sponginess which surrounded her most intimate entrance . |
| 12 | She bit back the unwordable sweet pain of when Lucy had whispered : I love you , I love you , there you are … |
| 13 | She looked back the other way . |
| 14 | She went back the next day . |
| 15 | She flicked back the long , dark , silky strands of her hair and sat cross-legged on the bed . |
| 16 | Yet , even as she squealed , she pushed back the tormented cheeks of her arse on to him . |
| 17 | She pushed back the warm honeyed tendrils of her hair from her neck , allowing a tantalising breeze to fan her skin . |
| 18 | ‘ I warn you — I 'm not going to pull any punches , ’ Howard tells Miriam when she comes back the following week with the film crew . |