Example sentences of "back [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I keep as many of your letters as I can store to look back on at the turn of the century , which we 're both going to see ! |
| 2 | Sighing , Cowley looked back down at the operation . |
| 3 | The T'ang looked back down at the folder and at the summary Shepherd had appended to the front of his report . |
| 4 | One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon . |
| 5 | He sighed and looked back down at the page before closing the book . |
| 6 | He looked back down at the map again . |
| 7 | Blanche held the man 's gaze for a second and glanced back down at the piece of paper . |
| 8 | ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 9 | He seems to sweep aside rational analysis only to let it come back in at the ideological level , and underplays the processes of getting the ideology established in the face of organizational resistance . |
| 10 | ‘ I was on about 12,000 revs and tried to bring the wheel back in at the apex of the corner , ’ James said , ‘ but it was too far gone and that was it . |
| 11 | At the surface of the milky-looking gas he paused , and looked back up at the three masked faces , conscious all the while of the increasing rhythm of his breathing . |
| 12 | Cowley looked back up at the rising heights of St Paul 's . |
| 13 | He glanced back up at the house , where warm orange light spilled out from the dining room into the grey afternoon . |
| 14 | Spatz looked aside , then looked back up at the Marshal , choosing his words carefully . |
| 15 | Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness . |
| 16 | KQ VI may be criticised as being too easy and not achieving anything new — forget that , it is good old fashioned family entertainment , and with now Kings Quest VI and Quest for Glory III Sierra are back up at the top of the pile ! |