Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] back at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taskopruzade 's statement that he came back at the request of a repentant sultan is , of course , highly doubtful in view of the fact that his departure and return seem certain to have occurred in the reigns of different sultans . |
| 2 | Her hair down and around her shoulders , her dress torn , her right shoe in one hand , and her bag in the other , the light of battle in her eye , McAllister stared at her saviour , Dr Neil , and he stared back at her . |
| 3 | But already the noise was diminishing , the violence of the anger subsiding as rapidly as it had built up , and he looked back at the audience to see people taking their places again , Gerrard and the earphoned men in shirtsleeves moving quickly and purposefully among them , urging them into seats . |
| 4 | Peter was n't in the slightest bit put out , and he looked back at my friend and said , ‘ You should n't gamble if you ca n't afford to lose . ’ |
| 5 | A movement caught his eye and he looked back at the man standing on the steps of the rear coach . |
| 6 | She looked at John as she spoke and he looked back at her and smiled . |
| 7 | She looked at Luke and he looked back at her , a stretched quality to the silence between them . |
| 8 | No go to have your reception and he comes back at a a certain time . |
| 9 | He listened in rapt concentration as Mr Mercer described how one soldier shot off his leg and threatened to kill him until he shouted back at him ‘ in best barrack room invective ’ . |
| 10 | Nuadu could see that his eyes were distended with fright now , but he stared back at his captor , unflinchingly . |
| 11 | Holmes went out for the morning , but he came back at lunch-time . |
| 12 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 13 | When he looked back at her , his face was dark with an anger she had n't seen in him before . |
| 14 | When he looked back at Jimmy , he had a smile of disdain . |
| 15 | A couple at the next table scowled at him but looked away when he glared back at them . |
| 16 | When he arrived back at the hall Bourne was there alone . |
| 17 | His mother was out when he arrived back at Cornerways , and so was Rose-Ann . |
| 18 | pilot Albert Thompson was still too shocked to speak when he arrived back at his home in Great Coxwell near Farringdon . |
| 19 | He was already half-way down the ladder when he shouted back at me , ‘ Do n't you want to come along , sister ? ’ |
| 20 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 21 | As he looked back at her she wished she had n't said that . |
| 22 | His eyes narrowed as he looked back at her . |
| 23 | Guido shook his head slowly as he looked back at her . |
| 24 | As he looked back at her , waiting , she forced herself to elaborate , ‘ Like me , Arnie 's a teacher , and he does a lot of extra-curricular work . |
| 25 | Then he seemed to reach a decision , his night-dark eyes more compelling than ever as he looked back at her . |
| 26 | As he stared back at her he found he had no answer . |
| 27 | Luke 's face darkened like thunder , his eyes murderous as he stared back at her . |
| 28 | Wolsey 's hard eyes softened as he gazed back at Benjamin . |
| 29 | His expression was inscrutable as he gazed back at her . |