Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found that the swamp was forcing them back and that they could no longer keep even an erratic southward course but were withdrawing towards the east , away from where they believed the Outlaws ' Camp lay . |
| 2 | ‘ Ruggiero was driving her back from Rome late one night , and somehow the car left the road and ended up against a tree . |
| 3 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 4 | Johnny was stroking her back , and as she moved slightly , he slid his hands round under her arms to hold her breasts . |
| 5 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |
| 6 | She had tried to pretend that only discretion was holding him back . |
| 7 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 8 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 9 | A harry torrent flooded through the opening and in no time at all the herd was legging it back to the high land in a wild stampede . |
| 10 | He was old , bent , bearded , and one man was holding him back while the other two kicked and thumped him . |
| 11 | From the other end of the telephone , on another continent , in another world where people slept soundly in their beds and knew nothing of battle , the familiar voice that had ordered me into so many hells was sending me back , this time to the lowest rung . |
| 12 | Delaney remembered the feeling he had had that Connors was holding something back . |
| 13 | The swing of the hurricane was bringing them back into the eye of the storm . |
| 14 | The tricky bit was getting you back to where you belong — in the real world . ’ |
| 15 | Besides , her own secret affection for Richard Ward was calling her back . |
| 16 | But the mare was arching her back and groaning in such agony now that Luke only just managed to keep her on her feet . |