Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basket moved off back to the mainland . |
| 2 | When I woke up back in the war , I could feel the difference at once . |
| 3 | After a while , the lad turned up back at the farm and offered to work for two shillings and pay his own insurance stamp . |
| 4 | Froebe stormed off back down the tunnel towards the approaching sound of booted feet , shouting orders all the way . |
| 5 | She shrugged , than scurried off back to the office , showing a lot of thigh . |
| 6 | Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying . |
| 7 | Feeny laughs , whispers , ‘ Cocorico ’ ; they whisper back and she takes up the thread where she left off back in the bathroom : |
| 8 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 9 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 10 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 11 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 12 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 13 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 14 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 15 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |
| 17 | Instantly he did a lightning U-turn and set out back to the stables , leaving Perdita swearing on the stone-hard ground while all the onlookers roared with laughter and Alejandro shouted in broken English at her . |