Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] back to 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 me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends . |
| 3 | They were ready now , and he led them back to the Saloon . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Shortly afterwards , he drove them back to the house , a half a mile away . |
| 7 | He took me back to the past and showed me the future . |
| 8 | He took me back to the house and the other one was inside . |
| 9 | He took me back to the house and the other one was inside . |
| 10 | As it was still under guarantee , he took it back to the shop and a month later was told it had been repaired . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 13 | He eased it back to the site . |
| 14 | ‘ You never saw anything like the way he marched me back to the castle earlier . |
| 15 | After the dance he escorted her back to the rest of the delegation , and returned across the floor to us . |
| 16 | Fabia started to breathe again when , in no way put out , ‘ I 've had sufficient , ’ he replied mildly , and a short while later he escorted her back to the Mercedes . |
| 17 | Then , carefully shielding the flame with his cupped hand , he carried it back to the village . |
| 18 | He forced it back to the starboard bow . |
| 19 | He bustled her back to the Land Rover and raided the squad 's provision box which he knew from experience would contain thick sandwiches and hot nourishing drinks . |
| 20 | Her breasts were tight and painful , crushed to his chest , and he pushed her back to the side of the pool , his weight pressing against her . |
| 21 | Afterwards he chased her back to the house , her screams of delighted laughter filling his ears . |