Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these readings were taken back and analysed at a fully equipped laboratory in Taunton . |
| 2 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 3 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 4 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 5 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 6 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 7 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 8 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 9 | 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification . |
| 10 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |
| 11 | He laughs , too , putting his head back and looking at the ceiling . |
| 12 | His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent . |
| 13 | Carey swung the rod out for a cast , and Ellwood tore it from his grip , then stepped back and lashed at the priest , holding the rod two-handed , bellowing with outrage . |
| 14 | And it think that — I mean I like to have , if you go back and look at a Rolling Stone when I was doing it , there are pages in there , I would say one third of all the pages in there , you would not even want to print today . |
| 15 | ‘ It is time for the party as a whole to take a step back and look at the way in which its democracy is being carried out , ’ he told the conference . |
| 16 | And we believe we already offer that , I think the figures indicate that and therefore in the medium and the longer term I believe that our attractions will undoubtedly benefit and I would finally say that if you er , go back and look at the history of Disney in America , after the establishment of Disney Parks in America there was a big improvement in extension of the amusement parks in the rest of America which er , the traditional theme parks , so called , in America grew in the period after the establishment of Disney Land in California and I think a similar sort of thing is going to happen , not perhaps just in this country er , but also in Europe generally . |
| 17 | I mean , maybe what I 'm hearing from the committee is that we take it back and look at the criteria and the ground rules . |
| 18 | Her long hair , shining gold , was swept back and caught at the nape of her neck with a bow , make-up , expertly applied , accentuated the classically beautiful lines of her face , and she wore her well-cut suit with all the panache that was expected of her . |
| 19 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 20 | Even so , as she followed the straight line of his back , seeing the way he moved smoothly and economically , the black hair carelessly swept back and curling at the nape of his neck , she felt a brief frisson of something she could not explain . |
| 21 | We 've gone back and looked at the correspondence we 've had about the News Network . |
| 22 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |
| 23 | So all I 'm saying is , if we 're not achieving that we need to go back and look at the way in which we 're operating the fax service , have a chat with erm Phil 's people or Jackie 's peo see if there 's any differences that we can take advantage of . |
| 24 | I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it . |
| 25 | Dong took one last look back and shuddered at the sight of the disembodied foot poking from the red jungle earth . |