Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 2 | He led her back into the lounge and steered her to her chair . |
| 3 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 4 | But his reaction was difficult to define because he merely gave a small shrug and , taking Lucy 's hand , he led her back along the path , where the darkness continued to be broken by the moon 's rays filtering through the trees . |
| 5 | He led me back into the house and up to Southgate 's chamber . |
| 6 | He led me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends . |
| 7 | He led me back through the empty-ward to the other end . |
| 8 | They were ready now , and he led them back to the Saloon . |
| 9 | He led him back along the wooden gantry to the steps . |
| 10 | And slowly , luring him with the chocolate wrapping , he led him back towards the feeding-place . |
| 11 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
| 12 | This time he traced it back to the servant in the bedroom — he blocked out or refused to remember her name — a cold witch , he decided , a witch who would find no satiation in this world , maybe even a spirit brought back to test and ruin those who had intercourse with her . |
| 13 | To begin with er I could n't find the light switch because my , my gaze was directed er at the people in the bed but then er I asked the man in the bed , where was the light switch and er he helped me back towards the area where the switch was and we eventually succeeded in getting the light on . |
| 14 | She was shivering against him , and he helped her back to the fire and bundled her in his own bedroll ; but she kept her arms about him . |
| 15 | The throng in front of Owen melted away , leaving his men exposed , so he drew them back into the shadows . |
| 16 | I was in the kitchen when he played it back on the TV — I remember that day so well — and he called me into the living room to take a look . |
| 17 | Like a game-cock in arrogance , he lifted her back across the dividing space and pulling away the collar of her , inevitably musquash , fur coat , he dropped his mouth low on the back of her neck , drawing kisses to and fro and nibbling gently across it . |
| 18 | Shortly afterwards , he drove them back to the house , a half a mile away . |
| 19 | He drove me back against the wall , gave me a deep cut in the arm , and began to smile . |
| 20 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
| 21 | He shoved it back into the box and snapped down the lid viciously . |
| 22 | He took me back to the past and showed me the future . |
| 23 | He took me back to the house and the other one was inside . |
| 24 | He took me back to the house and the other one was inside . |
| 25 | As it was still under guarantee , he took it back to the shop and a month later was told it had been repaired . |
| 26 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |
| 27 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 28 | He eased it back to the site . |
| 29 | Then her face cleared ; when she had leaned across to kiss Richard she must have nudged it off , and no doubt she would find it in her car when he brought it back in the morning . |
| 30 | When the plan fell through , he put them back into the larder till the next time . |