Example sentences of "and push [pron] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 2 | The gun left Rex 's ear , nuzzled into his chest and pushed him back into the studio . |
| 3 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
| 4 | He tightened his grip and pushed her back against the door-jamb suddenly . |
| 5 | She knelt and pushed everything back into the bin , and shut the lid quickly . |
| 6 | She felt cold suddenly , and pushed everything back into the envelope . |
| 7 | She spoke brusquely to you and pushed you back against the door of Woolworth 's . ’ |
| 8 | Deep in thought , she put her fathers letter at the bottom of the box and pushed it back under the bed . |
| 9 | Now , as every year , Mary , back to the pews , bottom upended , fumbled in Mrs Ellenby 's old wooden crib and brought out her best and largest doll , smiling , pouting , celluloid , with hard eyes on a metal hinge that clattered open and shut , open and shut as the wavering child righted herself , thrust it up briefly and apologetically before the congregation and pushed it back under the blankets . |