Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I went two or three steps down the stairs before I stopped and looked back . |
| 2 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 3 | Aunt Louise 's glance slid back over her shoulder to see if I had appreciated the window ; I nodded and smiled back . |
| 4 | Then I turned and ran back . |
| 5 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 6 | Later I turned and walloped back towards Berlin , by way of Magdeburg , with just the one tweak of the Tardis en route as I saw the signs for Potsdam . |
| 7 | Finally I turned and started back , not conscious of anything , my mind still locked in on the impression the place had made so that I only vaguely heard a voice calling me . |
| 8 | I lied and shouted back that I did n't know where it was . |
| 9 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
| 10 | and I thought it was just tickling tickly you know and erm it was n't until I , su I went and sat back in my seat I was watching |
| 11 | I blinked and staggered back with watering eyes . |
| 12 | When the rain was over , I emerged and strolled back into town along the wide church forecourt , past a heart-shaped flower bed and two Virgins in substantial grottos . |
| 13 | ‘ Thanks be to God , ’ I said and settled back to enjoy the drive . |
| 14 | The main feeling I had when going back was of déjà vu , of stepping back two years in my life . |
| 15 | After a little way I halted and looked back . |
| 16 | Somehow I got back up and completed the climb — but by the time I hobbled and shuffled back to the sacks , the sun was already casting its final , blood red spotlight on Cloggy 's slabs and buttresses . |
| 17 | A servant girl brought me up water , I washed and lay back on the bed to rest before dinner . |
| 18 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 19 | Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back . |
| 20 | She twisted and gazed back to where the Black Cuillins arced away in ridge after ridge of jagged stone , rearing up into a flawless sky . |
| 21 | Bursting into tears , she turned and ran back through the wood , pushing blindly through the ferns , stumbling , hot and panting , determined to get away from Nicky so that she could try to think straight . |
| 22 | She turned and ran back to the house before he could say anything else . |
| 23 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 24 | Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners . |
| 25 | She turned and went back towards her house , and I walked on to Baskerville Hall . |
| 26 | She turned and walked back down the hall to the lift . |
| 27 | As he started the car and moved away , she turned and walked back into the house . |
| 28 | On the mezzanine again , she turned and looked back , down into the conservatory . |
| 29 | She turned and looked back up the slope towards the cottage . |
| 30 | Then she turned and looked back at him , her eyes wet with tears . |