Example sentences of "he [vb past] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whipped back the covers and moved her into bed as if she were a doll , watching her for a second and then turning away . |
| 2 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |
| 3 | He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet . |
| 4 | When he got back the house looked empty . |
| 5 | With his free hand he flung back the duvet , demonstrating that she had aroused quite different emotions . |
| 6 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
| 7 | Slowly , carefully , he drew back the sheet , letting it slip from her body , exposing her nakedness . |
| 8 | ‘ She looked too small to be the Queen , ’ said Mr Fagan , so he drew back the curtains to get a better look . |
| 9 | He drew back the groaning bolts and turned the rusty iron ring , and the door opened inwards with a protesting creak . |
| 10 | He lifted back the drapes and looked out into the road . |
| 11 | He thumbed back the hammer . |
| 12 | She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket . |
| 13 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 14 | Then he came back the next day — I think it was the next day — and told us who 'd died . |
| 15 | The watchman went to tell the local Chief and when he came back the body was gone . ’ |
| 16 | Then he turned back the top sheet and blankets . |
| 17 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 18 | It was a fatal move , of course , because when he turned back the leprechaun had gone . ’ |
| 19 | He faded back the way they had come . |
| 20 | He pushed past Sharpe into the map room where he threw back the heavy wooden shutters to flood the tables with sunlight . |
| 21 | He threw back the brandy and held out the glass for more . |
| 22 | Typical James , thought Cameron , as he handed back the flask and looked at his friend 's flushed face : we are plotting to save our lives and he turns it into a holiday . |
| 23 | He handed back the solicitor 's letter . |
| 24 | John of Marmoutier tells the legend that Geoffrey le Bel dressed up as a rustic and listened to complaints about his prévôts ’ rapacity ; on his return to court , he paid back the sums they had extorted , and threatened them with death if they continued to defraud the peasantry . |
| 25 | He walked back the way he had come and let himself out by a gate in the railing where a metal notice planted in the earth read : Department of the Environment . |
| 26 | He pulled back the bedclothes and put the jar underneath them . |
| 27 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 28 | The offender held his pistol to the head of a customer who was being served and demanded that the assistants filled two bags with cash ; when one of them hesitated he pulled back the breech of the gun and threatened to shoot the customer . |
| 29 | As the stretcher passed by he pulled back the blanket . |
| 30 | As he pulled back the perspex canopy he permitted himself a small smile at Stallen , whom he knew . |