Example sentences of "back [conj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come back and apologize at once . |
| 2 | And we 'll see what they have to say and if you feel so moved you can ring back and shout at them Katherine . |
| 3 | ‘ There were arms everywhere , pulling him back and tugging at his shirt , and they got away with it just about every time . ’ |
| 4 | For example , when I left Clifton and had two years to kill before Cambridge , I went back and taught at my old prep school for £5 a week . |
| 5 | All these readings were taken back and analysed at a fully equipped laboratory in Taunton . |
| 6 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 7 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 8 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 9 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 10 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 11 | He sat there for quite a while , grinning at her , then looking away , then looking back and grinning at her again . |
| 12 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 13 | The sheer pleasure of it swept him up and it was a full minute before he pulled back and looked at her , amazed at how happy he felt . |
| 14 | He sat back and looked at it . |
| 15 | Then they turned back and looked at me . |
| 16 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 17 | He put the skull back and looked at Carrie . |
| 18 | I , when I took them back and looked at them , there were lots and lots of , of re er , errors if you like that if you had really looked at them you could of picked out yourself . |
| 19 | 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification . |
| 20 | There had been a moment when he sat back and looked at her , naked and submissive in the grass , and his heart started to sing and his mind spun into a dazzling vision of what might be … because we can only ever be a might-have-been , my dear love … that little boy with dark mischievous eyes , slender and supple , and Ireland 's future Prince … |
| 21 | Rain hung back and looked at some of the paintings on the wall near the door . |
| 22 | Dana tilted her head back and looked at her sister . |
| 23 | Jenna drew back and looked at him anxiously . |
| 24 | He stood back and looked at her . |
| 25 | Her father turned back and looked at her . |
| 26 | He pulled back and squinted at her , pushing out his lower lip in a gesture combining pugnacity and deliberation . |
| 27 | ‘ What you on about ? ’ she said , leaning back and looking at him . |
| 28 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |
| 29 | She quickly dropped one into each saucer before standing back and looking at Beth with a forlorn expression . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |