Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One researcher has suggested that they may be able to detect the very low frequency vibrations that are created in the water by waves and reflected back from the ocean floor , an echo-location system similar in principle to that used , at the other extreme end of the frequency scale , by bats . |
| 2 | Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I 'm well enough , ’ Mrs Clamp said , shaking her head and coming down off the stool , picking up some more frozen burgers and going back to the freezer . |
| 4 | He removed his arm from her shoulders and leaned back against the wall , his gaze still on the fair-haired young girl who sat on the bicycle , ready to move off , the wind blowing her skirt and hair . |
| 5 | She pushed the tray off her knees and lay back on the pillow . |
| 6 | As the stray bullets whistled across no-man's-land , Charlie fell on his knees and crawled back to the reserve trenches , to brief his section on what they might expect once they were pushed forward another hundred yards . |
| 7 | She should have ticked off Miss Vine 's name on her list and been ready to carry the empty plates and covers back to the van . |
| 8 | He ran back to the window , snatched the keys and tore back to the boot . |
| 9 | I put my hands in my pockets and leant back against the wall . |
| 10 | We can trace the current state of our knowledge about village origins and changes back to the 1940s . |
| 11 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 12 | He clambered slowly back to his feet and ambled back to the village . |
| 13 | She had drifted unhappily around the estate , dragging her feet and shrinking back from the noisy pack of children which romped around the gardens . |
| 14 | Iris stuck her fork in the earth and trundled off down the garden with her barrow while Melissa went indoors , reported her problem to the telephone engineers and wandered back to the kitchen . |
| 15 | Here they spend the next 5 months until the short rains in November when they gradually form columns and head back to the shortgrass plains . |
| 16 | The voice seemed to seep through the seams of the farmhouse , echo up the mountains and ripple back around the flowers and empty champagne bottles . |
| 17 | risking their lives and coming back with the whole lot that he collected and brought back again . |
| 18 | ‘ The parcels are collected during the day by one of our franchisees and taken back to the depot . |
| 19 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 20 | Ranulf humoured him and , once they were through the Galilee Gate , handed over the promised coins and went back to the guest house . |
| 21 | I stopped taking my testosterone tablets and went back on the dole again . |
| 22 | Sighing , she ignored pride 's dictates and sank back against the pillows . |
| 23 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 24 | He turned off the lights and scurried back to the theatre . |
| 25 | are now going to look at these figures and come back to the next meeting er with some comments , with regards to their projects . |
| 26 | The car leaps forward , tears between two lorries and lurches back into the middle lane . |
| 27 | After an hour the sun clouded over , so they picked up their things and started back towards the fence where they had left their bicycles . |
| 28 | ‘ He just could be Ángel 's father , ’ he added , gathering up his things and starting back down the slope , scree-walking very fast over the first long patch of loose grey stones , swinging his pack , and the empty sleeve flapping against his hip . |
| 29 | Shrugging off the thoughts with his greatcoat , he threw the latter over one of the two big tables and turned back to the fire . |
| 30 | ‘ But not today , ’ she said finally , grabbed the bottle of wine and two glasses and walked back into the other room . |