Example sentences of "back and [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 2 | I sat back and treated myself to a cigarette , determined to make it the first and last of the day . |
| 3 | If they do not pay , he will take the land back and sell it to a rich friend . |
| 4 | And , ’ he went on , leaning back and watching her with a hooded gaze , ‘ considering the effort you put into Rob 's party — which , incidentally , was voted a huge success — it was the very least I could do . |
| 5 | The new editor shares with the retiring one a proper reverence for the game , balanced by an ability to stand back and view it with a perspective born of experience of other important things in life . |
| 6 | When he finished , the DDI sat back and said nothing for a while , just digested it . |
| 7 | For answer , he kicked back and caught me on a shin . |
| 8 | She dragged her hair ruthlessly back and tied it with a narrow ribbon . |
| 9 | He said to go away and come back and see him in a year 's time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’ |
| 11 | And when your back to school get back and do it in a serious way . |