Example sentences of "push back the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , he did , ’ Lady Isabella spoke up , pushing back the black veil from her face . |
| 2 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
| 3 | Hari sat down and put her basket on the floor , pushing back the white cloth , she was well used to the way Cleg and his wife carried on , it did n't mean a thing . |
| 4 | It was now light , the lamps on the gangway giving murky yellow pools that barely pushed back the inky blackness of a starless night . |
| 5 | Tie off above the implant , push back the scooped-out soil and that part of the job is done . |