Example sentences of "back with an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And still laughing , Charlie said , ‘ But I did what you lot did n't do : I came back with an Irish jig , and then , ‘ We 'll Meet Again ’ and ‘ Roll Out The Barrel ’ . |
| 2 | Stiffly , she spun on her heel and began to march away , but Roman caught her arm , hauling her back with an insulting lack of effort . |
| 3 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 4 | The telephone had rung just as she 'd finished washing her hair , so it had dried all wild and was now held back with an orange-and-shocking-pink striped scarf , off which Ethel had chewed one of the corners . |
| 5 | Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing . |
| 6 | MOTORIST Janet Glover put her new £10,000 Toyota Corolla in for its first service — and got it back with an unwanted extra . |
| 7 | If we 'd been put back with an American maybe it meant that at least one of us could expect to be released . |
| 8 | Now talk some more and let me hear whether you 've come back with an American accent . " |
| 9 | You 'd bloody like to go on holiday to America and they come back with an American accent I could shoot people who do that . |
| 10 | Hannah does that a lot , right , she goes to America and she comes back with an American accent , she goes to Scotland , she comes back with a Scottish accent , oh |
| 11 | A delicately ludicrous picture comes into Howard 's mind of an enthusiastic little hiker with a rucksack on his back , trying to walk up the side of the Matterhorn , and tumbling back with an astonished look on his face . |
| 12 | She watched him turn to one of the inner doors , his head somehow lowered , and when he reached it he looked back with an aggressive jerk of his head . |
| 13 | ‘ Can you really turn the mileage back with an electric drill ? ’ young Michael asked . |
| 14 | ‘ I would like to have seen him holding us back with an old sword in his hand . ’ |
| 15 | Long hair must be held back with an elastic band : clasps and metal grips are not allowed . |
| 16 | Her hair was thin and fair and long , caught back with an elastic band , and her face was thin and long too , wizened and pinched . |
| 17 | Rangers are waiting for Keegan to come back with an improved offer after rejecting a staggering £3.3m bid , and Keegan could offer transfer-listed Franz Carr as the makeweight in a new player-cash deal . |