Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was easing her back with her hands , happy with the shoes near to completion , when young Will returned . |
| 2 | Now I was in a position to move on ; but something had taken root deeper than the superficialities of travelling — a feeling that my story was not here , that something was drawing me back to Peru . |
| 3 | Johnny was stroking her back , and as she moved slightly , he slid his hands round under her arms to hold her breasts . |
| 4 | The swing of the hurricane was bringing them back into the eye of the storm . |
| 5 | No , everyone was bringing it back , it was , Ben from bringing it back to it . |
| 6 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 7 | We had some business to discuss , but his mind seemed to be elsewhere : I asked if there was anything wrong and he said ‘ No , ’ but I could tell that he was keeping something back . |
| 8 | ‘ Ruggiero was driving her back from Rome late one night , and somehow the car left the road and ended up against a tree . |
| 9 | and erm she li she 's in Egham and her boyfriend came down and was driving her back to Sheffield and then driving back again here on Monday so she got a free journey home . |
| 10 | A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control . |
| 11 | Jean had Roberta up at her shoulder and was patting her back and Billy was lying beside his dad in the long chair . |
| 12 | was patting her back , trying to wake her up all the time |
| 13 | A harry torrent flooded through the opening and in no time at all the herd was legging it back to the high land in a wild stampede . |
| 14 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |
| 15 | They found that the swamp was forcing them back and that they could no longer keep even an erratic southward course but were withdrawing towards the east , away from where they believed the Outlaws ' Camp lay . |
| 16 | that he 'd got a form and he was fetching it back in this afternoon and they was handing it over this afternoon . |
| 17 | He was getting them back . |
| 18 | My wardrobe may not be as current these days , and I hardly saw a movie for a year and a half while I was getting myself back on my feet financially . |
| 19 | Well I was getting you back for one ! |
| 20 | The tricky bit was getting you back to where you belong — in the real world . ’ |
| 21 | From the other end of the telephone , on another continent , in another world where people slept soundly in their beds and knew nothing of battle , the familiar voice that had ordered me into so many hells was sending me back , this time to the lowest rung . |
| 22 | The next minute he was kissing her and she was kissing him back , her fingers in his hair , her breath sobbing in her throat . |
| 23 | Her hands slid up around his neck and she was kissing him back , her tongue meeting his with an intensity that was shocking . |
| 24 | Suddenly she was kissing him and he was kissing her back . |
| 25 | Zak himself was calling everyone back into the dining room , saying they should all stay together until we reached Sudbury , which would be soon . |
| 26 | Besides , her own secret affection for Richard Ward was calling her back . |
| 27 | They drove towards Ashdown Forest , and even before they had found a suitable place to stop , Charlotte had begun to recount the events of the past week in such detail that it was obvious she was holding nothing back . |
| 28 | And I was holding myself back , tha tha , Paul was looking and trying to make me laugh ! |
| 29 | She had tried to pretend that only discretion was holding him back . |
| 30 | He was old , bent , bearded , and one man was holding him back while the other two kicked and thumped him . |