Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] she back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pamela , the maid , is constantly beating a breathless retreat up and down back stairs , or pressing her back to walls to let the gentry pass ; her ascendancy to wife is dramatized by her spacious and easy progress from room to room . |
| 2 | Luke had n't visited her at the flat again , nor invited her back to his house . |
| 3 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 4 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 5 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 6 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 7 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're going to take Sarah , grind her up and send her back as hamburger meat . ’ |
| 10 | Harry grabbed her hand and jerked her back into his arms . |
| 11 | He caught her arm and drew her back under the cypresses . |
| 12 | She swayed slightly and Stephen took her arm and helped her back to the coach . |
| 13 | I managed to get her into the car and drove her back to her aunt 's in Hastings . |
| 14 | She tried to push past him , to get to the door , but he caught hold of her arm , spun her round and bundled her back into the lounge . |
| 15 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd better go and see the doctor , ’ he said heavily , taking her hand and leading her back down the corridor . |
| 17 | Sir John , it appeared , had retained a sufficiently fond memory of his cousin , and was , besides , so moved by her plight that he went himself and fetched her back to Switham . |
| 18 | ‘ Sit down again , pray , ’ pleaded her hostess , reaching for her hand and pulling her back to the sofa . |
| 19 | He was much closer than she had anticipated and his arms came round her from behind , circling her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 20 | He pushed aside the pan and went to her by the sink , wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 21 | Try and get her back on an even keel . ’ |
| 22 | He squeezed her hand in understanding , and walked her back to her car . |
| 23 | She pulled the cold embroidered spaces of satin kimono closer to her and pressed her back into the wire of the fender before she drew the basket , full of wounded dog , nearer to herself and to the heat — the little bitch trembled amongst all her luxuries . |
| 24 | Hannele closed the door behind her and pressed her back against it . |
| 25 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 26 | He placed the proofs on the desk , refused Alice Mair 's offer of coffee and followed her back to the front door . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd better go back to the car , ’ he announced , and , without more ado placed a hand beneath her elbow and guided her back to his car . |
| 28 | He settled one hand on each side of her hips and pulled her back into the V of his legs . |
| 29 | Then he reached out , grasped Mandy 's outstretched hand and pulled her back to safe , solid ground . |
| 30 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |