Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
| 2 | We mounted and rode back through the lazy summer sunshine , the Scottish troopers massing behind whilst Vauban pushed forward between us . |
| 3 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
| 10 | ‘ Cheers , lads , ’ Duncan said as we turned and went back to the pillar . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Then he turned and went back into the house . |
| 13 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As the minibus disappeared out of the main gates they turned and went back into the foyer . |
| 16 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
| 17 | Corbett turned and looked back down the moonlit path . |
| 18 | He turned and looked back into the room and towards what she dimly made out to be a number of people . |
| 19 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
| 20 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
| 21 | The old woman said something and Simon turned and came back into the room and stood by the deerskin pallet on which Hugh was lying . |
| 22 | As he started the car and moved away , she turned and walked back into the house . |
| 23 | She turned and walked back down the hall to the lift . |
| 24 | He flashed Vologsky a grin which was not returned , then shrugged , turned and walked back across the tarmac towards the administration buildings . |
| 25 | Now , they turned and walked back to the cottage , with the wind behind them . |
| 26 | As she disappeared from view , Barney turned and walked back to the car . |
| 27 | He turned and walked back to the desk . |
| 28 | Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on . |
| 29 | They turned and walked back towards the lych-gate . |
| 30 | A great cry compounded of rage , sorrow , hatred and vituperation went up from the town walls as the colourful company under the Plantagenet Leopards turned and rode back towards the castle , leaving the slight jerking figure to its dance of death . |