Example sentences of "i [vb base] back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that the troops are gone , I sit back on the chaise-longue , that Japanese fish-tailed thing , and close the fan beside me , blocking the street and the living-room . |
| 2 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 3 | They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines . |
| 4 | I report back to the hotel room , defeated . |
| 5 | I ease back with the gun so he has room to move . |
| 6 | I walk back across the grass and pick up my barrel-bag . |
| 7 | As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room . |
| 8 | I walk back to the Cabinet Office . |
| 9 | At sunset , I climb back to the waterfall and wash my hair in the cold , clear water — a mundane chore elevated into sublime pleasure . |
| 10 | I look back at the door . |
| 11 | And I look back to the Alliance days and Dr Owen 's flirtation with elements of Flatcher of Flatcherism , pardon me . |
| 12 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 13 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 14 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , do n't start till I get back into the audience , ’ he commanded . |
| 16 | It 's 3 a.m. when I get back to the cottage . |
| 17 | There 's a pile of papers which I must read when I get back to the hotel , ’ he said , and grimaced . |
| 18 | I get back to the phone many time later you know see , I ca n't |
| 19 | Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest . |
| 20 | When I get back to the room she is still in bed , lying naked on her belly beneath the sheet . |
| 21 | And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’ |
| 22 | yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting . |
| 23 | I drive back to the hotel with Lucker swigging at a litre bottle of vodka beside me . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel back in the groove , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 25 | She drums her fingers on the banister as I edge back to the lounge . |
| 26 | I edge back to the tent , I feel lonely , desperately lonely , and it 's not just being alone that is doing it . |
| 27 | I turn back to the path ; before me , a bright full moon seals Amantani 's late gift . |
| 28 | I turn back to the guy in the armchair . |
| 29 | I go back down the platform , back to where the shops are . |
| 30 | Erm I 'm attending this Doctor , I go back at the end of the . |