Example sentences of "turn and [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 2 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 3 | The three faces turned and glared back over the demon 's shoulders . |
| 4 | When Patrick had stormed out of the room , his head pounding , bile in his throat , he had started for his room , but then he had thought of Jane , and he had turned and headed back down the hall towards the room she shared with her sister . |
| 5 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
| 6 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
| 7 | Gilbert turned and scurried back to him . |
| 8 | The other Rex turned and strode back to his troops . |
| 9 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 10 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 11 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 12 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 13 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
| 14 | We turned and filed back to our seats . |
| 15 | She kissed him on the cheek , then turned and went back to her room . |
| 16 | Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners . |
| 17 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
| 18 | ‘ Cheers , lads , ’ Duncan said as we turned and went back to the pillar . |
| 19 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |
| 20 | Without saying anything further , Millie turned and went back into the house ; and Ben followed her , there to see Aggie shambling into the room , and although her eyes looked full of sleep , their powers of discernment were indeed wide awake . |
| 21 | Then he turned and went back into the house . |
| 22 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |
| 23 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
| 24 | As the minibus disappeared out of the main gates they turned and went back into the foyer . |
| 25 | He turned and went back into his office , and she followed him hastily . |
| 26 | She turned and went back towards her house , and I walked on to Baskerville Hall . |
| 27 | Shepherd went across and knelt beside it , then turned and looked back at Li Shai Tung , clearly moved by the T'ang 's gesture . |
| 28 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
| 29 | Then she turned and looked back at him , her eyes wet with tears . |
| 30 | Corbett turned and looked back down the moonlit path . |