Example sentences of "back [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her head back and roared with laughter at this , before shaking her head and restoring her attention to the road . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's my duty , ’ he replied so piously that Corbett leaned back and roared with laughter . |
| 3 | She was enraged and not at all pleased when Felipe threw his head back and roared with laughter . |
| 4 | Bishop grabbed his collar , hoisted him back and stepped in front of him . |
| 5 | Graham , when he came to pick me up , would stand back and burst into song , like that man in " Gigi " : " Why , you 've been growing up before my very eyes ! " |
| 6 | Biddy put her head back and yelled with laughter . |
| 7 | Aragorn puts down Andúril at the gate of the Golden Hall , and declares its name : ‘ The guard stepped back and looked with amazement ’ . |
| 8 | He put the skull back and looked at Carrie . |
| 9 | The tension between them was destroyed with such wanton savagery that Melanie fell limply back and struggled with tears . |
| 10 | He vaulted cleanly through the open window , brushed his hair back and sauntered around Stefan 's room , picking up his record book , his razor , his hat . |
| 11 | He was at the front door when , on impulse , he turned back and said to Meg Dennison : ‘ I think you mentioned that you walked from the Old Rectory , Mrs Dennison . |
| 12 | He drove back and parked outside number three — at the top of the arm of the U that stood opposite Annie 's cabin . |
| 13 | The dog must have run away and , being such a pampered animal , crawled back and pined to death for its mistress . |
| 14 | Jamie frowned once , then sat back and watched in satisfaction as Andra drank his first ‘ Cathy ’ . |
| 15 | She smiled back and turned to Peter . |
| 16 | Yes we 've erm we 've brought in to play left back and pushed into midfield , playing with three mid-fielders , erm and we shall keep the same centre half pairing of and . |
| 17 | She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things . |
| 18 | Then I leaned back and smiled at Mala . |
| 19 | and any way went down and answer it and I could hear him talking , erm , you remember he bought this aeroplane back from Americ erm from Australia , this one of and it was Australian Air Force one that he had on Australian 's , erm came back and stayed in England for a little while and then he went back to Australia , just killed himself . |
| 20 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 21 | Then Ruth came back and spoke to Mother . |