Example sentences of "to draw [pers pn] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He let the night silently envelop and possess us , let time fall away ; then began to draw me back down the decades . |
2 | The centre of town seemed to draw them back like a magnet . |
3 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
4 | Richard 's voice cut into her thoughts as he took her arm to draw her back from a horse-drawn carriage laden with tourists on a sightseeing trip . |
5 | The voice seemed familiar and he felt he should recognise it , but at first he felt it only as a persuasive force tugging at him , trying to draw him back from the comfort and welcome of the light . |
6 | The obvious answer is to draw it back to the side away from the corner , but this can create an unbalanced appearance . |