Example sentences of "and [vb past] back [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It slipped into the water , disappeared beneath the surface and , fifteen seconds later , bobbed up again and hopped back on to the rock . |
| 2 | Henry went to the front hall , put the chicken and the jack on the table by the front door and trudged back out to the Passat . |
| 3 | And with that she reversed the van , turned it round and drove back on to the road . |
| 4 | Many of the drop-outs eventually left their flowers , cut their hair and dropped back in to the ‘ rat race ’ of business , commerce and industry . |
| 5 | He quickly stubbed out the cigarette , replaced his head and raced back up into the daylight to entertain the kids . |
| 6 | She pushed all serious thoughts to the back of her mind and climbed back on to the helter-skelter of excitement and self-confidence induced by the undisguised admiration of Karl Gesner . |
| 7 | Blanche held the man 's gaze for a second and glanced back down at the piece of paper . |
| 8 | Tossing her safari jacket aside with a regretful air , she shrugged on the purloined lab coat , picked up a dusty clipboard from the shelf , and stepped back out into the corridor . |
| 9 | Belle 's hair was grey and clipped back out of the way and her skin was sallow . |
| 10 | At the surface of the milky-looking gas he paused , and looked back up at the three masked faces , conscious all the while of the increasing rhythm of his breathing . |
| 11 | The moon was now hidden by clouds as Ellie turned and looked back out of the window . |
| 12 | The voices belonged to Rohmer and Jimmy Devlin , but he could n't hear what they were arguing about as he hauled himself around the staircase rail , paused for gasping breath and looked back down into the stairwell . |
| 13 | He sighed and looked back down at the page before closing the book . |
| 14 | I got up and went back down to the kitchen to lock up and get my gear , then I went to the bathroom . |
| 15 | She dropped the phone back on its hook and rolled back on to the bed , her eyes tight shut . |
| 16 | It was 2 a.m. — ‘ last call ’ — when we piled into Clay 's wagon and rolled back out to the ranch . |
| 17 | I ran into the road , did a Highland fling and ran back on to the pavement . |
| 18 | ‘ Be my guest , ’ Ben said , and stood back out of the way while Andrew examined him gently but thoroughly . |
| 19 | He found his arm grasped gently but firmly , and pushed back down on the bed cover . |