Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I closed my eyes and thought back . |
| 2 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 3 | I put my hands in my pockets and leant back against the wall . |
| 4 | I replaced my blankets and went back to sleep . |
| 5 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 6 | From this point , Witney took the bit between their teeth and fought back in search of an equaliser . |
| 7 | In order to help people like Jeff Lockyer , the Oxfordshire money advice project has set up a Debtline which offers people advice on how to control their debts and pay back at a pace they can afford . |
| 8 | He froze as they dropped their sticks and ran back . |
| 9 | With a regretful sigh he removed his arm from its protective place around her shoulders and stepped back . |
| 10 | He removed his arm from her shoulders and leaned back against the wall , his gaze still on the fair-haired young girl who sat on the bicycle , ready to move off , the wind blowing her skirt and hair . |
| 11 | And now would be a good time to talk to him , she decided , as she pulled on her pyjamas and brushed back her hair . |
| 12 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 13 | Vincent looked towards Lily , who raised her eyes and looked back at him sadly . |
| 14 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 15 | Alyssia closed her eyes and flung back her head , savouring his passion . |
| 16 | ‘ What is it , Danny ? ’ she asked , flicking the water from her eyes and smoothing back her hair , only too aware as she did so of David 's eyes on her , admiring her figure , her small , high breasts , her long , coltish limbs . |
| 17 | I do n't understand any of this , ’ and Dierdriu closed her eyes and leaned back , so that Fergus suddenly thought : after all , she is no longer young . |
| 18 | The girl shut her eyes and gripped back for dear life . |
| 19 | Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work . |
| 20 | She spun on her heels and walked back to where Bernard was sitting . |
| 21 | She pushed the tray off her knees and lay back on the pillow . |
| 22 | The small voice inside her , urging her to cut her losses and go back to England , leaving the residents at the Château La Tour Monchauzet to stew in their own rancour , was being overwhelmed by a furious determination to vindicate her mother 's memory at all costs . |
| 23 | Unless she cut her losses and went back to England . |
| 24 | risking their lives and coming back with the whole lot that he collected and brought back again . |
| 25 | She had drifted unhappily around the estate , dragging her feet and shrinking back from the noisy pack of children which romped around the gardens . |
| 26 | He ran his fingers through her curls and stepped back to admire his handiwork . |
| 27 | Then she put her hands on her hips and threw back her head . |
| 28 | The days of mad spending are gone and exhibitors are looking to cover their costs and pay back the bank as soon as possible . |
| 29 | They required the most sophisticated communications technology so that they could transmit their stories and pictures back to their own countries . |
| 30 | After an hour the sun clouded over , so they picked up their things and started back towards the fence where they had left their bicycles . |