Example sentences of "her back to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had taken her last look at this obscure outpost of the Soviet Union and now stood with her back to the low sun . |
| 2 | Mrs Hollidaye , supping porridge with her back to the flaming range and her face towards the window exclaimed , ‘ Why do look , Dorothy ! |
| 3 | He placed the proofs on the desk , refused Alice Mair 's offer of coffee and followed her back to the front door . |
| 4 | She felt certain then that whether Naylor called her back to the new extension to tell her to deny that she was engaged to him or not , she would without fail , before five o'clock that day , be summoned to account for Travis 's unexpected easy acceptance of her getting engaged to someone else . |
| 5 | ‘ Take her back to the medical centre and have Dr Karnstein meet me there in one hour . ’ |
| 6 | I not only require total dependence , sabiha tieghi , ’ he teased , steering her back to the shadowy bed , and drawing her into his arms against the rumpled linen sheets . |
| 7 | He would have escorted her back to the Old Rectory and then , a minor social obligation performed , turned with relief to walk alone to the abbey , drawing his solitude around him like a cloak . |
| 8 | There could only be one reason why Ross — always such a proud and unforgiving man — would have broken his own self-imposed exile and contacted her ; only one reason why he would have brought her back to the quiet privacy of her own apartment . |