Example sentences of "back at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back at the lodge they tried to make light of the experience . |
| 2 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |
| 3 | In fact , looking back at the affair , the only thing which stood out unequivocal and substantial was my great whitebound digit which had hovered constantly over the scene , almost taking on a personality and significance of its own . |
| 4 | Scrubby hawthorns hold back at the brink . |
| 5 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 6 | But despite a minor stoppage outside splendid sunlit Durham , you could feel the power of the new class 91 locomotives clawing back at the clock on the run in to Newcastle . |
| 7 | The post-war farming depression meant that by 1817 earnings were once again back at the level of the late eighteenth century . |
| 8 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |
| 9 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 10 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 11 | I look back at the door . |
| 12 | He looked back at the map . |
| 13 | Back at the academy , they eat lunch at 2 and are on the court from 2.30–6.30 . |
| 14 | Back at the academy , Ethel sat fuming in bed and watched from her window as the pupils rose like a flock of bats into the twilight and sailed away without her . |
| 15 | I looked back at the rabbit , then got up and knelt over it . |
| 16 | Back at the pub , Connor had been busy serving drinks all the evening , but by this time things were quietening down . |
| 17 | After he had gone , I sat back at the pub table . |
| 18 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 19 | The two men laughed quietly , then looked back at the statue . |
| 20 | A smiles back at the base with Eamonn Martin , below left , but it was a rocky ride to get there , below |
| 21 | Where possible the tread is given a slight overhang over the riser , or the riser is given a slight angle back at the base . |
| 22 | 7 What time did the cutter arrive back at the base ? |
| 23 | But Gregory , he came down to the er to the base , and then I went out , you see and er er he he was back at the base whil whil whilst this was going on . |
| 24 | Back at the firm , did my colleagues ask if I had made any good deals , ordered too much or made new contacts ? |
| 25 | Looking back at the variety of studies conducted on plants in the little field at Henfaes , I feel little temptation to explain the behaviour of organisms within it as perfectly fitted for adaptive optima in an ideally evolved ecosystem . |
| 26 | gazing back at the work to be done |
| 27 | Gullibility and greed are charges that can just as well be flung back at the life companies . |
| 28 | In the first of a three part series , Erika Barnes looks back at the life of the plane affectionately known as Fat Albert . |
| 29 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
| 30 | Holly straightened himself , shrugged at his shoulders to try to rid himself of the weariness , gazed back at the man 's face . |