Example sentences of "back as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The camera panned back as he prepared to play . |
| 2 | Speedie should have brought the aggregate level after 25 minutes , but leant back as he met a lay-off by Cyrille Regis , and his shot ballooned over the bar . |
| 3 | He glowered at his servant but Ranulf grinned back as he swayed slightly on his feet and looked around , admiring the church . |
| 4 | Sean was intent on not coming back as he believed he was in the right , but he did feel very upset . |
| 5 | Ben stood before the shallow flight of steps that led up to the main entrance , his head tilted back as he studied the frontage . |
| 6 | ‘ Organise routine urine tests , Nurse Avery , ’ he called back as he left the cubicles . |
| 7 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 8 | Susan and I stood back as he splatted with a thump onto the steps . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , God … ’ she whispered in ecstasy , her head tilting back as he ravaged her bare throat . |
| 10 | Hanging back as he strode off to get it , she protested worriedly , ‘ I really think it might be best not to — and I do n't know quite how it is , but although you all seem to move without speed , not to hurry , I feel as though I 'm being rushed along without time to draw breath ! ’ |
| 11 | His hand , which had insinuated itself beneath the cover , was sending her thoughts in an entirely different direction , and as his warm palm began rubbing gently across her back she totally lost track of what he was saying and had to desperately drag her mind back as he continued . |
| 12 | Now some of that bitterness was back as he looked at Teacher Peng . |
| 13 | He let her guide his hand , then tried to pull back as he saw what he had previously not noticed , but she held his hand there firmly , forcing him to look . |
| 14 | She could see his old confidence flooding back as he began to realize that everything was working out very conveniently … . |
| 15 | She knelt before the fire , facing Raynor now , leaning her head back as he began to explore her body , feeling his hands , tentatively at first and then growing more assured , sliding over her shoulders and her breasts … |
| 16 | He 'd made no attempt to hold back as he knew there was more to come . |
| 17 | McIllvanney laughed , then stepped quickly back as he sensed I might bring my knee up into his balls . |
| 18 | He waved his glass casually at Noolan , who smiled and waved back as he went to join a small group standing by the bar . |
| 19 | He pushed it back as he turned to look at her , and Ronni was aware of following every movement — the cursory flick of dark-tanned fingers through his hair , the accompanying tightening of one muscular shoulder , the sinewy ripple across his broad back . |
| 20 | She had to twist around to follow him , and still her elbow and shoulder screamed ; she fell back as he let her go , pushing her slightly to make her stagger . |
| 21 | His hands lifted to her shoulders as though he would shake her , but clenched and fell back as he controlled himself . |
| 22 | She had to step back as he grabbed his coat . |
| 23 | They came out into the corridor together , Rostov holding back as he allowed the older and more senior man to go before him . |
| 24 | In fig. 123 the violent diagonal of the hero 's body , twisting back as he throws himself across , lies over the counter-diagonal of the bull , carved in low relief on the background but it too turning its head out and back . |
| 25 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 26 | Her mind was too concerned with the man who was tilting his chair back as he talked , one slim bronzed hand emphasising a point now and again . |
| 27 | There you will see thousands of cars speeding by , each with the driver alone , his head thrown back as he yells the words aloud , her fist slapping the wheel in time to the beat , thousands of silent screams haring up the M1 to get to that meeting on schedule . |
| 28 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |