Example sentences of "back up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marion Aluinn , smiling , turned to go back up the beach , caught her foot and staggered . |
| 2 | We went back up the staircase and I hammered on the door . |
| 3 | The water-keeper escorted me back up the lane . |
| 4 | I looked back up the wall in wonder and doubt . |
| 5 | Philip went back up the village . |
| 6 | Little Billy and Don Mini climbed back up the tree to where all the other Minpins were gathered . |
| 7 | She turns and begins to wobble back up the aisle . |
| 8 | The sound comes back up the laser beam to a modulator . |
| 9 | Corbett then turned on his heel and strode out of the room and made his way back up the alley . |
| 10 | Behind and back up the fairway Andy was waiting for Des to play first from behind the cross bunkers . |
| 11 | She and the cart were half-covered by the shadow of the buildings on her left ; but further back up the road , walking deep in the shadow , was a young woman holding a child by the hand . |
| 12 | Then the other scientist , silent until now , pointed back up the corridor . |
| 13 | Send back up the hierarchy any work which significantly diverts you from the agreed priorities . |
| 14 | And there was a little pump-house , with a pipe running back up the cliff . |
| 15 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 16 | In this case the high-frequency waves pass through the medium , are reflected off the specimen and then bounce back up the sapphire rod to the transducer , which converts the returning sound into an electrical signal . |
| 17 | Philip set off back up the field towards the road . |
| 18 | Then I started walking back up the field . |
| 19 | His eyes strained through the darkness , trying to pick out the familiar , heavyweight figure of Tony 's father trudging his flatfooted way back up the prom . |
| 20 | He rode back up the drive one shilling heavier and two letters lighter . |
| 21 | Paul had climbed back up the embankment — with the post sticking out of his body . |
| 22 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |
| 23 | Delaney tore himself away , going back up the stairway that was the only way out , and back in the direction that the creature was coming . |
| 24 | Doreen had walked out into the dark hall suddenly , and seen him walking back up the passage away from the kitchen door . |
| 25 | He would be lucky to get back up the companion . |
| 26 | Once she was safely winched back up the slipway into the lifeboat shed , I spoke to some of the crew . |
| 27 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 28 | Crewe Alexandra 's number two , Kenny Swain , was eventually chosen as the right man to bounce Wigan back up the League ladder . |
| 29 | I asked , as we plodded back up the hill , she clinging to my arm , pausing now and then for breath . |
| 30 | Then , ‘ Mind , ’ Bella said as Marie , sweating and out of breath , struggled to shove the wheelchair back up the hill from the prom , ‘ mind , these chips are swimming in vinegar . |