Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [v-ing] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accusations that one group had stolen ideas from the other were soon flying ; Jones showed notebooks of his investigations going back to 1986 and cited a paper written in 1985 ; for their part Fleischmann and Pons insisted that their effort had begun in 1985 , all of which added to the perception that the fusion claims were important and the patents worth fighting for . |
| 2 | He drew in a breath , his shoulders going back . |
| 3 | Then she leant forward and kissed him on the mouth , brushed his lips , stroked them with hers , watched his eyes looking back at her . |
| 4 | Was she imagining it , or were his eyes gazing back at Nicole 's like a lingering caress ? |
| 5 | He regarded the men beneath him impassively , his eyes flicking back and forth as they looked up at him . |
| 6 | She heard the door open and close , then his footsteps coming back along the corridor and go into the sitting room . |
| 7 | When I returned to the laibon 's village with the paperwork , he was looking out towards Ol Doinyo Lengai waiting for the sound and the dust and the cries of his cattle coming back . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , there was a distracting painting which had something of Vanessa 's style about it and sent his thoughts scurrying back to her . |