Example sentences of "back and [vb past] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | My breath made fog on the window and I leaned back and ran my finger through it . |
| 2 | ‘ Rubbish ! ’ he snapped back and ran out . |
| 3 | She stood back and peeled off the shirt with a nonchalance only a trifle marred when a button caught in her hair . |
| 4 | He came back and unlocked the car , helping her into the passenger seat . |
| 5 | He stepped back and saluted . |
| 6 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 7 | He leant back and laid the papers down . |
| 8 | She put her head back and roared with laughter at this , before shaking her head and restoring her attention to the road . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's my duty , ’ he replied so piously that Corbett leaned back and roared with laughter . |
| 10 | She was enraged and not at all pleased when Felipe threw his head back and roared with laughter . |
| 11 | The primary bevels were ground back and feathered away on the grindstone , taking care not to overheat and destroy the temper . |
| 12 | But Clapton came back and walked straight back into the Bluesbreakers gig , so Pete was out . |
| 13 | Katherine threw her shoulders back and walked slowly down the stairs . |
| 14 | Then she abruptly dropped back and walked away . |
| 15 | A dangerous sparkle of anticipation in her eyes , Maria drew her shoulders back and walked across the room with her host at her side . |
| 16 | He carried out a child , then went back and brought out another , and a third time carried a woman to safety . |
| 17 | At Clermont-Ferrand , however , he came back and brought the famous 003 to its final win . |
| 18 | Thus it was that , as a grinning Lio ! rt swung back and brought his sword around in a lazy arc , time ran into treacle . |
| 19 | Then , as he made no move to come any nearer , she sank back and lifted an eyebrow . |
| 20 | The chopper went to refuel , came back and buzzed around some more and then returned to Glasgow . |
| 21 | As the uniform cops thrust forwards we edged back and managed to slip away without attracting official notice . |
| 22 | They took a pace or two and then , suddenly , Karl turned back and spat a couple of words . |
| 23 | He drew his head back and spat ; powerfully , cleanly , catching Spatz in the centre of his face . |
| 24 | Without any warning whatsoever , the man holding her swung his foot back and kicked her legs out from under her with a careless , emotionless violence that wrenched a panic-stricken scream from her throat . |
| 25 | Christopher jerked back and kicked , and the bowl of water spilt into the chair , over his legs and over Alan . |
| 26 | Then he slapped Killion hard on the face and took a pace back and kicked him in the groin . |
| 27 | Maybe its the same one that Leeds bought a few years back and kicked out cos they were nt good enough ? ? : - ) |
| 28 | They made love all afternoon , and sometimes she was creamy and calm and slow as a cat being stroked , and sometimes the cat arched her back and revealed claws . |
| 29 | Strachan had been out weeks , and yet came back and lasted 90 mins . |
| 30 | Athelstan pulled the curtain back and wrinkled his nose at the smell . |