Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberate , pacemaker for Alphabatim , took the field along at a strong gallop as far as the straight , a good half mile from home , where he fell back and allowed Commanche Run to take up the running . |
| 2 | Charles reappeared , after half an hour 's absence , and threw himself into an armchair , where he lay back for some time with his eyes shut . |
| 3 | He pushed past Sharpe into the map room where he threw back the heavy wooden shutters to flood the tables with sunlight . |
| 4 | The gambling king slashed downwards and , although he stepped back , Carradine could feel the cold trace of the knifepoint parting his clothes , drawing a slice down his skinny ribs . |
| 5 | ‘ He will write me a letter immediately he gets back to London . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean he could n't pick up anyone grander , so he fell back on you . ’ |
| 7 | The fifteen-year-old boy leapt from his bed with escape in mind , but he decided it would be unfair to leave his eleven-year-old brother to face what was to come alone , so he got back into bed and waited for the social workers to come upstairs . |
| 8 | And then after a couple of weeks he still could n't get on with his computer , so he came back . |
| 9 | In the event it was too windy to fly on the Sunday so he came back early and they spent the day in his garden preparing an area of lawn for seeding . |
| 10 | There was nothing worth watching on television , so he went back into the kitchen . |
| 11 | There was something wrong but he was too tired to reach any conclusion so he went back to his chamber where Ranulf , a fresh cup of wine in his hand , was waiting for him . |
| 12 | ‘ No , honestly , I m-mean it , ’ Killion tried to smile , but felt foolish , so he went back to looking sincere . |
| 13 | And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour . |
| 14 | Finch thought , bestirred , that the cat was an advance guard for Henry and that Henry must be on his way back to see them , and he wanted to call out to the animal , but in his excitement he could n't remember its name , so he lay back and assumed fatigue again . |
| 15 | ‘ So he comes back , you see him again . |
| 16 | He was following when he heard her speak , so he held back . |
| 17 | He did not hear what he hoped to hear , so he shambled back to his spot by the door and stretched himself out once more . |
| 18 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |
| 19 | ‘ She looked too small to be the Queen , ’ said Mr Fagan , so he drew back the curtains to get a better look . |
| 20 | How could he , once he goes back to work ? |
| 21 | Once he came back sneezing and coughing . |
| 22 | When he dozed again , and the memories returned , he did n't fight them , knowing he had a means of scouring them from his system once he got back to England . |
| 23 | He just changed completely once he got back with his family . |
| 24 | And supposing he comes back ? |
| 25 | Jarvis will not decide on Carroll House 's future until he gets back from Ireland later this week . |
| 26 | There 's nothing to be done until he gets back . ’ |
| 27 | There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets . |
| 28 | Guy told me not to lower the bridge for anyone except the villagers until he gets back . |
| 29 | ‘ Treat the place as your home until he gets back . |
| 30 | And waited , tired out from the effort , ( raised voices outside , muffled by the plastic curtains of the door ) , until he came back in with another bulb . |