Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For starters , the American Paul Strand shows the work that he produced way back in 1954 when , in his middle sixties , he visited the Hebridean islands of South Uist , Eriskay and Benbecula . |
| 2 | He crept inconspicuously back to the dashboard , switched on the ignition , and looked at the gauge . |
| 3 | But a little matter of a birdie for Bernhard was n't going to unsettle Seve , and he got straight back to the job , hitting some lovely shots to the green . |
| 4 | At Monaco , a race which Hunt does not greatly admire — since the race is meaningless if one is not well up on the grid at the start and passing is well-nigh impossible — he qualified well back on the grid , spun in frustration and then had his engine blow on him . |
| 5 | Towing the net , he swam slowly back to Golden Girl . |
| 6 | He moved quickly back into the bridge and picked up a phone . |
| 7 | ‘ Yeh , ’ he answered , and he sank happily back into the soft white pillow . |
| 8 | In fourteen hundred and ninety-three He sailed right back across the sea |
| 9 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 10 | When I told Michael Quirke about Mammy Water , he came right back at me with Finiver , the local Lady of the Lake . |
| 11 | He came briefly back from the dead a few minutes later , pulling into a Backdoor tube and getting fried on the reef . |
| 12 | Derek Cross intended to photograph the Glasgow to Stranraer goods train that followed the Paddy , but he felt so uneasy that he drove straight back to Girvan . |
| 13 | As he drove slowly back towards the farm , Cora-Beth seemed to regain her equilibrium and , taking his cue from her , they talked lightly about Harry 's childhood with the Pritchetts . |
| 14 | He turned frantically back to the window . |
| 15 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 16 | He watched until it disappeared and then he skipped happily back down the hill . |
| 17 | He clambered slowly back to his feet and ambled back to the village . |
| 18 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 19 | He walked slowly back to the lodge . |
| 20 | He walked slowly back to the clearing . |
| 21 | He walked slowly back to his gallery-duties , by this time in the afternoon virtually non-existent — and had just got to the top of the stairs when he saw Gooseneck advancing towards him carrying a large package . |
| 22 | He sped away back to the car and we could hear his urgent voice , though not the words . |
| 23 | He jogged easily back to his apartment , to snatch some breakfast , and was just passing his own car when Control made contact with him again through the bulky R/T he carried . |
| 24 | Then he went slowly back to within two blocks of home , drove up the back lane and stopped before the old wooden garage which he had rented for so many years from Isobel Dawson . |
| 25 | He surrendered the film , but , not surprisingly , he went straight back to the newspaper and the story was headline news . |
| 26 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 27 | he went straight back to work |
| 28 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 29 | He looked straight back into my eyes . |
| 30 | Maggie turned her head to glare at him and he looked straight back at her coldly , none of the sexual speculation in his glance . |