Example sentences of "was [verb] back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he was drawing back a little , his eyes washing over her . |
| 2 | He was knocking back a bottle of vodka each morning while he was making The Devil 's Brigade . |
| 3 | Wpc Jones was keeping back the crowd and he called to her , ‘ Send for the ambulance ! ’ |
| 4 | He was pulling back the calf 's head so the brown eyes rolled up and only the whites were showing , and opening its mouth by slipping his thumb in at the side . |
| 5 | And , using all his force , he ran and crashed into the second assassin , who was winching back the arbalest for another bolt . |
| 6 | There was a gulping sound as though the model was choking back a sob . |
| 7 | It was perhaps the argument that this imposition of middle-class morality was holding back the British cinema which led to the matter becoming an issue of public concern . |
| 8 | Sir Anthony had concluded his business with the plump lawyer as far as he was able to overcome his distaste for discussing deals or mentioning money , and he was holding back the brambles for her , as it were , letting her into their company , and she butted through , a young dog again , let out for a walk . |
| 9 | He was brought back a few hours later , dazed and dreamy , with a dull headache and no very clear notion of what had been done to him or why . |
| 10 | The fact she was taking back a Moabitess as her , as a relation , as her daughter-in-law was a , would be a constant reminder , I disobeyed God ! |
| 11 | At Knossos and Phaistos , an extra refinement in the masonry of the West fronts was a foundation course of very large blocks : the rest of the wall was stepped back a centimetre or two to make a feature of it . |
| 12 | Their job was to hold back the Chinese , and they did . |
| 13 | The research of the great ecologist David Lack ( 1954 ) showed for example that in many bird species of temperate zones , individuals were reproducing as fast as they were able and that the subsequent population was cut back every year by winter mortality . |
| 14 | She was fighting back the tears , and her throat hurt . |
| 15 | When he had come back from Grasmere the first thing he had done — despite George Wood 's vehement protests — was to pay back the loan and bring his hotel bill up to the mark . |
| 16 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you glad we came , Agnes ? ’ she asked her friend who was standing back a little from the craftsmen as they worked . |
| 18 | Such an act may well have provoked strong reaction in both ecclesiastical and lay circles , and Osred , exiled son of Alhred , was tempted back the following year from exile on the Isle of Man by the oaths of certain Northumbrian nobles ; but his supporters then deserted him and he was captured by King Aethelred and killed at Aynburg on 14 September 792 . |
| 19 | All you had to do here was to move back a few steps and you 've made it much more interesting in the foreground . |
| 20 | However , she appeared to acknowledge that the government was scaling back a £2,000 million ( US$3,200 million ) plan to fit flue gas desulphurization ( FGD ) equipment to coal-fired power stations . |