Example sentences of "back and [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bassist Simon and guitarist Nick stand back and sculpt away at the booming waterfall dazzle textures and crow-headed singer Richard Ashcroft flips out in spasms of electric eel ecstasy . |
| 2 | George leaned back and stared consideringly at the questioner . |
| 3 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 4 | She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling . |
| 5 | Cranston stepped back and looked up at the lead-paned windows . |
| 6 | ‘ Hmm , ’ she grumbled , then sat back and looked out at the rush-hour traffic crawling into London on the M4 . |
| 7 | Kidd glanced across at the cornered Volkswagen , its terrified inhabitant , the three FBI men examining the empty attaché case , two more Yankees standing back and staring hopefully at the sky , and three of his colleagues trying to take statements . |
| 8 | You may find it helpful to read these items first , and then go back and look carefully at the explanations underneath . |
| 9 | Jumping down from his mount , he came back and stood there at the head of the path , looking down at her . |
| 10 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 11 | She put her shoulders back and smiled suddenly at the smaller girl . |