Example sentences of "he drew back " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , instead , he drew back , repelled and almost frightened by the flooding , uncontrolled wildness of the emotion . |
| 2 | ‘ Prime Minister out for a duck , ’ he muttered as he drew back from picking up a china duck at an Accrington factory . |
| 3 | He drew back his leg as if to kick her , but she quickly turned and pulled the other one and brought him down . |
| 4 | He drew back his arm , aiming for Gallagher 's eyes , making his intention obvious and leaving himself wide open for a counterpunch . |
| 5 | He bent his head and gently kissed her lips , then he drew back , and touched her cheek with his finger . |
| 6 | Then he drew back , looked down into her face , and said : ‘ Will you marry me , Isobel ? ’ |
| 7 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
| 8 | On other occasions he drew back from the implications of this argument by not referring directly to the Jews and by arguing that the British army would always obey the orders of the cabinet even if there was a Jewish Minister for War such as Hore Belisha . |
| 9 | Immediately all became clear to Fleury and he drew back with horror , thinking : " Cholera ! " |
| 10 | But he drew back , and taking her hand , forced her to caress him in a way that revolted her . |
| 11 | He drew back , saying it had nearly happened with another girl but she was a Catholic . |
| 12 | He drew back , looking at her again , seeing at once the reflection of his love , there in her eyes . |
| 13 | Slowly , carefully , he drew back the sheet , letting it slip from her body , exposing her nakedness . |
| 14 | Then he drew back . |
| 15 | Then he drew back and looked intently at her . |
| 16 | He drew back his foot . |
| 17 | But , instead , he drew back and reached for her brandy glass . |
| 18 | He drew back a little and looked into her face , though Lisa had not the strength to meet his gaze . |
| 19 | Upon his wife 's entry , he drew back slightly from Felicity Paiva and straightened . |
| 20 | His body stiffened ; there was a change in him , Robyn felt it , knew it and then he drew back and she saw in a fleeting moment his own look of self-disgust . |
| 21 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |
| 22 | He drew back immediately , only to stifle another low sound of longing at the wondering expression in her eyes . |
| 23 | By the time he drew back she was blushing , and completely incapable of further speech . |
| 24 | ‘ She looked too small to be the Queen , ’ said Mr Fagan , so he drew back the curtains to get a better look . |
| 25 | He drew back , however , from an earlier announcement that there would be an easing of the law to allow 16-year-olds to buy condoms , saying that this idea ( for which he had been fiercely criticized in the week before the conference by Roman Catholic bishops ) was only a proposal to be examined . |
| 26 | Twice more he drew back his arm and twice more failed to strike . |
| 27 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 28 | When he decided he had finished he drew back with a reluctant groan , his eyes watchful , devoid of any feeling other than the insatiable one of sexual hunger . |
| 29 | When he drew back to skim a line of kisses down the slender column of her neck to where a pulse was beating in a frenzied rhythm she moaned softly , glorying in the feel of his mouth on her skin . |
| 30 | As he drew back , Lindsey watched as the chest expanded and Niall repeated the procedure again and again . |