Example sentences of "as he [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I never noticed that , ’ said Simon as he went back to check . |
| 3 | He saw Mariana shiver as he went back to the table and slipped the Walther into his belt . |
| 4 | Politicians were masters of the quick recovery , Trent thought as he went back to the front room . |
| 5 | What the admiring spectators did n't see was Zarei sitting in the first aid room and insisting those helping him look away as he took off his socks , ‘ because I do n't want to frighten you ’ , and later on slipping a tape of Irish Folk music in to his Walkman as he went back on to the track and muttering quietly to himself , ‘ that will help me stop thinking of the pain ’ . |
| 6 | Called ‘ My Boy ’ , it depicted a mother bidding farewell to a pampered looking son as he went back to prep . |
| 7 | He carried the curved steel tray over to the cage and set it down just out of reach , leaving it in view as he went back for a chair . |
| 8 | ‘ Just checking on the claret , ’ he boomed as he came back . |
| 9 | Apparently the Lorrimores were still safely with us as he came back presently without haste or alarm , and after a while the train made its usual unobtrusive departure westwards . |
| 10 | ‘ The ball was headed away by Uzzell but as he came back down Blissett 's elbow was thrust into his face . |
| 11 | As he came back into the hall , his face irregularly illuminated by its flame , she was overwhelmed by the dramatic beauty of his features . |
| 12 | Evelyn asked as he came back into the room . |
| 13 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 14 | He switched off the flashlight as he came back around the dirt path . |
| 15 | The whole meeting looked up in relief as he came back to the saloon . |
| 16 | She was stirring the coffee in front of her , an innocent expression on her face as he came back to the table . |
| 17 | Alex saw him looking at it as he came back with the glasses . |
| 18 | She was still silently pondering this as he came back into the room and smiled across at his mother . |
| 19 | His eyes were intently on her as he came back and he put the things he had brought on her dressing-table , ready to remove . |
| 20 | Major certainly changed his life as he came back with a lot more than just a sun tan . |
| 21 | ‘ She always used to leave little warning signs when she was younger , ’ he said as he came back to the horses . |
| 22 | He ran from end to end of the yard and paused as he came back to the edge of the fire to peer down into a shattered mirror . |
| 23 | ‘ No , we were n't , and I thought you said you saw Lewis as he came back inside after talking to me ? |
| 24 | He left the room and she tugged on a sweater and put the jacket back on just as he came back in . |
| 25 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 26 | small wheel , you know , with a white horse he came , you know on er granite cobbles horses hooves , er he went to the bottom along this circle to turn round as he came back every door were open and we and er heads out , they thought it was a fu , you know , horse |
| 27 | Dinner time , I saw him , I went as soon as he came back basically |
| 28 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about baking , ’ stammered Charlie as he fell back into his chair . |
| 29 | As he strolled back to the front window , and peered behind the curtains again , Bodie asked , ‘ And where were you on all these exotic foreign trips ? ’ |
| 30 | Martin decided to abseil from the peg but as he leant back it came out . |