Example sentences of "back [prep] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employees were occasionally terrified of Bernard ‘ as if he had one over him , ’ as they described it , but they all knew that however much he might stamp and shout while the anger lasted , he could go for a walk and come back as if nothing had happened . |
| 2 | But then , when he had leaned forward to brush her cheek , her neck , she had moved back as if he had transgressed , and all his knowledge of her had been shattered by her refusal . |
| 3 | But I see there 's blood sausage , ’ he said , and sent them such a terrible leery grin , that Snodgrass , who had been cutting himself a slice from this , which he had innocently thought was something like the spicy Renascian liver-and-wine-roll , recoiled and snatched his hand back as if he had been burnt . |
| 4 | She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’ |
| 5 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 6 | Balestre bowed slightly , grinning , waving back as if he believed he was Peron at the height of his power in Buenos Aires . |
| 7 | He jerked his hand back as if it had received an electric shock : a cheek nerve had quivered . |
| 8 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 9 | Anne stepped back as if she had been struck . |
| 10 | And if you had your regulars and things were in short supply , you would n't put those on the shelves , you 'd keep them back for when they came in . |
| 11 | It really does come down to , I do n't know , I mean , every year we play it very honestly and very straight , and we push him in a position where next year , if there is a next year , I think the last time that we played it straight we got clobbered , so let's pay a little bit less , and keep a bit back for when they come round a second time round . |
| 12 | Michael Gough , my editor , works for me in New York and he said he went to get a key to get back in after they had closed and they said why and he said because I think that I will be back later than your gate is locked . |
| 13 | And erm and then like , he went back in after we 'd finished playing and me and Scott carried on playing for a bit and then erm what was he going ? |
| 14 | Then , we ask you return to the area of your car , but do not get back in because you run the risk of being injured erm , through cars ploughing into the back of you , far more than you , as much for a personal attack . |
| 15 | You 'll have a chance to come back on whether we have got the wrong impression on that , I mean I recall Mr Heselton 's quite clearly , but let me pursue that at a stage further if if we take that as our impression of what you have said collectively , and you are asked to make provision for nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , again collectively in the Greater York area , and I 'm addressing this question to the districts , what provision would you make in your districts of your district figure in the Greater York area ? |
| 16 | Just got in , well it were n't , it had n't gone right the way through , we just turned it over and chu , chucked the sheets and blankets back on once they 'd stopped smouldering and got back on it ! |
| 17 | It is an option to fall back on if you have to ; it is certainly appropriate for relatives , especially parents , to assist in this way , but it is not sought as the most desirable arrangement in the circumstances and therefore it should not last for too long . |
| 18 | Always cut well on the waste side of your pencilled guidelines , you can always cut a bit more off if need be , but it is more problematic to have to try to glue bits back on if you have overcut . |
| 19 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 20 | Once the drip was up and the monitor was on I was much less mobile but as I gained confidence I learnt how to put the monitor back on if it stopped working when I moved . |
| 21 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she 'd have somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 22 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she had somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 23 | So could go back to if they wanted too . |
| 24 | Your list of questions will be a considerable help in these cases as there will be obvious gaps to come back to if you have not been able to fill in a percentage answer . |
| 25 | Well I , I 'm not sure of , here again he 's making another turn is n't he and er you 're going back to as I say , what would probably have been the lesser of two evils . |