Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We lost some very promising dogs because owners asked for them back after a fortnight , ’ explained the spokesman . |
| 2 | ‘ Wait for me back at the TARDIS . ’ |
| 3 | I 've put one of them back into the sale this week . |
| 4 | ‘ They were n't stopping , so I just took the mood down and told them I never knew any of them back in the days of groups like Dynamic 3 . |
| 5 | There were quite a few of them back in the ‘ seventies . |
| 6 | ‘ The rest of you back behind the campfire . ’ |
| 7 | That way , if the worst happens an' they fire the house an' make a run fer it , we 'll drive most of 'em back towards the highway , where we 'll have a reception committee waitin' to meet ‘ em ! |
| 8 | Then I decided to take some of it back to the shore with me . |
| 9 | But they have to send some of it back to the kitchen , uneaten . |
| 10 | We 've devolved the money to schools , but they 've got to spend most of it back with the council here . |
| 11 | Dean Mansfield says the ticket price is redeemable and he hopes to claim most of it back from the airline . |
| 12 | She cast suspicious , icy eyes at Robyn , a what-are-you-doing-here look , and continued , ‘ Now come with me back to the barn — we have a little surprise for you . ’ |
| 13 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 14 | From then on she taught herself always to sit sideways or with her back to a person . ’ |
| 15 | She wears big dark glasses and insists on sitting with her back to the throng , coincidentally facing the mirror . |
| 16 | She 's standing with her back to the window and I can see a sort of thin blue light round her body . |
| 17 | Mrs Hollidaye , supping porridge with her back to the flaming range and her face towards the window exclaimed , ‘ Why do look , Dorothy ! |
| 18 | In these scenes an unknown actress , impersonating Harlow 's voice , speaks the lines with her back to the camera or with her face hidden by a wide-brimmed hat ; at the sight of this , Boy simply got up and left the living room , left the end of the film unwatched and just sat in the kitchen with a pot of tea . |
| 19 | She had taken her last look at this obscure outpost of the Soviet Union and now stood with her back to the low sun . |
| 20 | Once more things were happening she had not caused to happen but now there was a difference and she sat with her back to the tree trying to discover what the difference was . |
| 21 | Then , with her back to the door , she sprinkled the rest of the contents of the bowl high into the air and out over the edge of the roof . |
| 22 | The chosen person stands with her back to the rest and throws the ball over her head without looking to see where it lands . |
| 23 | She made a frantic leap to shake them off , as they lifted her back and front nearside feet over the rope and positioned her with her back to the revving Mercedes again . |
| 24 | She sat with her back to the window and Lee felt somewhat at a loss faced , at last , by the elderly woman in the opaque , black-lensed spectacles and the expensive , rather drab suit , framed by sun-rays admitted through the tall crimson-curtained opening . |
| 25 | I kicked the slippers that were there waiting for me out of the way and then we saw her standing with her back to the fire . |
| 26 | Five minutes later , when he returned to the lawn , she was sitting with her back to the tree and , standing before her , he said , ‘ I do n't know how to thank you for your kindness . |
| 27 | When she returns to Pierre and Claire , they are unwilling to believe what she claims has happened but they drive with her back to the field and Maria finds the opening in the wheat where he is lying . |
| 28 | She stood with her back to the wall , sheltering from the rain : a sober , respectable woman in a burgundy coat and white knitted cap . |
| 29 | Tina would have plumped herself down in the nearest seat even if this had been next to a passenger but Cecilia , conforming to usage , sat in the emptiest area of the coach , on the platform side with her back to the window . |
| 30 | According to William , the man and the woman took all their clothes off and climbed into the bath so the woman was sitting with her back to the man , and the man peed into the water . |