Example sentences of "[pers pn] walked back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a mood of bitter-sweet melancholy , I walked back to the centre of Dublin . |
| 2 | By then it was too late to get the room and I walked back to the spot where I had committed the robbery . |
| 3 | I walked back to the bar and wasted time with the barman . |
| 4 | The police sounded surprised that I had bothered to call them , and I walked back to the boatyard feeling strangely foolish . |
| 5 | Well-satisfied , and by now very hungry , I walked back to the observatory for breakfast . |
| 6 | In a kind of panic I walked back to the carob and along the east side of the gulley to the top of the cliff that overlooked the private beach . |
| 7 | That afternoon , my feelings soothed with company and talk , Sally and I walked back down the bright valley through cricket-loud grasses and thousands of flowers . |
| 8 | I walked back along the shingle |
| 9 | Leaving the main building at bedtime , I walked back through the old walled garden , the churchyard , and down the grassy lane to the cottage annexe where I had my room . |
| 10 | As I walked back through the ballroom past the seated guests I saw my wife , daughter and son waving and smiling and waved back , relieved that it was all over . |
| 11 | I walked back into the lounge and said , ‘ You clever girl ’ to Sally and sat close to her on the wide sofa . |
| 12 | As I walked back into the Gendarmerie the following afternoon , I saw my first legionnaire . |
| 13 | Benjamin and I walked back into the hall . |
| 14 | As I walked back from the bar with my second pint I caught sight of Karen and Dennis at a table in the corner . |
| 15 | I walked back from the Meeting with Quintin who knew by then that he was Macmillan 's selection , and I told him that the idea had my support . |
| 16 | Slowly she walked back towards the gates of the Hall . |
| 17 | As she walked back towards the Presbytery to interview Father Kipling , she did not feel unhappy any more . |
| 18 | With a little grimace she walked back towards the bed , and then leaned against one of the posts . |
| 19 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 20 | Wrenching her wrist free , she walked back to the milking house with her mind a complete blank . |
| 21 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
| 22 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
| 23 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
| 24 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
| 25 | A little later , holding a mug of coffee carefully in both hands , she walked back to the hall table to retrieve the ring . |
| 26 | She walked back to the mantelpiece again and stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance . |
| 27 | Taking pity on them because , despite her irritation with their constant preoccupation with her affairs , she knew it was n't meant maliciously , and they 'd been enormously kind after Ryan 's defection , she walked back to the counter . |
| 28 | Replacing the crockery in the cupboard , she walked back to the desk where she had left her bag , and stopped suddenly in her tracks , seeing Rourke 's familiar figure looming ahead . |
| 29 | She walked back to the empty station and leaned against the wall , smoking a cigarette . |
| 30 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |