Example sentences of "walked back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Merrill kept her face averted as they walked back towards the Abbey .
2 They walked back towards the houses , the clownish little man and the thin child — watching him , Nick thought he looked thinner than he had done a month ago .
3 With a little grimace she walked back towards the bed , and then leaned against one of the posts .
4 They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders .
5 Diane said as they walked back towards the pickup .
6 As she walked back towards the Presbytery to interview Father Kipling , she did not feel unhappy any more .
7 Slowly she walked back towards the gates of the Hall .
8 He replaced the receiver , scooped his change out of the slot and walked back towards the car , clambering into the passenger side .
9 They all walked back towards the cars .
10 They turned and walked back towards the lych-gate .
11 Everyone picked up their travelling bags and in a straggle more than a group walked back towards the passengers ' assembly area .
12 About Eddie ? ’ asked an anxious Phil Aldrich , when the frowning Morse walked back into the bar .
13 The wig he finally chose needed modification by a barber ; but he got it done , put on a pair of folding spectacles he carried in his briefcase , and had the satisfaction of astonishing his colleagues when he walked back into the hotel .
14 Duncan stood up , left some Swiss francs on the table to pay for his coffee and walked back into the hotel .
15 I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment .
16 He walked back into the lounge , picked up a bottle half full with scotch , and poured himself a liberal glass full .
17 I walked back into the lounge and said , ‘ You clever girl ’ to Sally and sat close to her on the wide sofa .
18 On the afternoon of 16 January , as his blue-and-white 707 neared Aswan airport , the Shah walked back into the cockpit to rejoin Captain Moezzi .
19 As I walked back into the Gendarmerie the following afternoon , I saw my first legionnaire .
20 On Belial Base , Bernice and Cheryl walked back into the Operations Room , and into the middle of a furious argument .
21 Very quietly she turned around , walked back into the lobby and picked up the phone .
22 The man dried his hands and took the phone through to Boy , then walked back into the kitchen .
23 Bull O'Malley closed the door and walked back into the kitchen where Peg still sat on the chair , holding the basket on her lap .
24 What about Otto … ? ’ she started when Jean-Claude walked back into the kitchen .
25 Then she walked back into the kitchen and soon heard the hard clatter of shoes on the stone stairs and Giovanna was upon her .
26 Constance said nothing but walked back into the kitchen , where she lifted the lid off the soup and stood staring at it .
27 Cranston walked back into the kitchen .
28 Benjamin and I walked back into the hall .
29 So he walked back into the piazza , while the church bells rang out with a dud sound , for the priest never had learnt how to stop the bell cutting its own resonance on the return of the clapper , and the musicians of the town who could have taught him were all adversaries of the church , like Davide 's father .
30 Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside .
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