Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] back [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So did I , to get my breath back and rest my legs . |
| 2 | She was a strong swimmer , and spent five minutes ploughing her way effortlessly along its length before surfacing to sleek her hair back and knead the water from her eyes . |
| 3 | Less affected people will move their head back and push forwards on the stick . |
| 4 | Whereas many of my Army friends can trace their ancestry back and produce forebears who were generals and colonels , some of them were surprised to learn of my Army background but shocked to learn that Tam somehow managed to join the Gordons as a drummer-boy and , 22 years later , reached the rank of Private soldier . |
| 5 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 6 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 7 | So when you take your trolley back and clip it back up the pound comes out the front again . |
| 8 | And you can just put your head back and close your eyes and that 's it . |
| 9 | ‘ Now put your head back and shut your eyes . |