Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] back from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asik rose to his feet and moved slightly back from the road . |
| 2 | The palace stands far back from the river , its only access being through fields and orchards which protect it against the vagaries of the Thames . |
| 3 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Ryker guided the Orion into traffic , keeping well back from the Fiesta . |
| 5 | The earl had sat well back from between the bristling champions , absolving himself from all responsibility here except to keep the peace and harmony of his hall . |
| 6 | He came briefly back from the dead a few minutes later , pulling into a Backdoor tube and getting fried on the reef . |
| 7 | It 's a snapshot of a woman with a broad , simple face , her greying hair drawn straight back from her temples . |
| 8 | His other tactic was to agree with me and then stand well back from whatever foolish project I 'd come up with . |
| 9 | Her short wavy black hair was combed neatly back from a rather narrow sloping forehead with prominent brow ridges . |
| 10 | It stems right back from the time of Adam and Eve . |
| 11 | A rose is like a dog : you do not and can not get back more than you put in and , in the same way that a dog is more rewarding than most other animals , you get more back from a rose than other flowers . |
| 12 | Further down yet , the terracing ceased and became pairs of large semi-detached houses set well back from the road with the front gardens mostly paved and dedicated to parking space . |
| 13 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |
| 14 | Ellwood walked down the row of trees , then circled the house , staying well back from the lighted windows . |
| 15 | Fencing , which had been set well back from the bank , now dangled over the gulf created by the all-swallowing river . |
| 16 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 17 | You could you could n't feel it if you 're standing on the middle of the floor but when you went up to the grating with your chest on the grating you could feel the tower swinging away back from you I do n't know what er distance probably maybe twelve inches maybe more I do n't know . |
| 18 | If the spokesman risks this hazardous operation , he should stand well back from the edge of the pavement or risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed lorries . ’ |
| 19 | The orchard lay well back from the riverside , and the wealth of old and well-grown trees between isolated it from the house . |
| 20 | There are a surprising number of villages between Arreau and Saint-Lary , but curiously , only the first of them , Cadéac , is on the river , all the others , on either side , standing somewhat back from it , towards the high ground , on terraces deposited there by the glacier . |
| 21 | Also standing well back from the grave , Mike Treloar , the printing works foreman , supported himself on a stick . |
| 22 | At last she found the shop belonging to Dai Jones , it was spread well back from the front door , a long dimly lit store that sold everything from flour and salt to patent medicines . |
| 23 | Ensuring that the glazing of such new openings is kept well back from the external face of the walls ( at least 225mm ( 9in ) ) has meant that reflection has been minimised and the ‘ black hole ’ unglazed-opening appearance of apertures in traditional barns has been recreated . |
| 24 | The rectangular site extended well back from the street . |
| 25 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 26 | I stared at the skull-like face , the hollowed cheek bones , the red hair now combed smoothly back from the forehead . |
| 27 | Sunset Cottage stood well back from the lane , on rising ground . |
| 28 | This treatment was also applied to the smaller door , reached via a short flight of external stone steps that previously served the upper-level hay-loft , so that the new infilling panel of clear double-glazing , set well back from the external face of the wall , helps to light a sitting room while a ‘ door ’ , which can be swung like a shutter to seal this opening , is fixed back against the face of the adjoining flintwork . |
| 29 | Mr. Oswald Stoll — who was subsequently knighted — began to erect , in 1911 , one of his ‘ Empires ’ , a theatre of entertainment , in Chiswick High Road , situated between the ‘ Old Packhorse ’ on the corner of Acton Lane , and the family butchers , ‘ Caughts ’ which had its own slaughter house , as well as a shop set well back from the main road , just west of Essex Place Square . |
| 30 | On the Lagos Government Railway , simple white two-storeyed stations with an upper veranda supported on the columns of the lower , set well back from the tracks , were standard . |