Example sentences of "sat back [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Katherine sat back into the heavy leather chair , watching the tall , thin man , her face hard and impassive .
2 He poured out , sat back at the other end of the sofa , looked at her .
3 ‘ That must be why we have to stop the ceremony — to make sure he ca n't tap the mental energy of the congregation and use it to supplement the Old One 's autonomic functions enough to pull the rest of it out of the Vortex , ’ Ace finished , and sat back with a cheery grin .
4 He sat back with a satisfied grin and looked contently around the open-plan hygienic nonentity of his executive sitting room in his executive house on an executive estate in Pangbourne .
5 Silas then sat back with a satisfied air , his eyes holding admiration .
6 Mahmoud sat back with a little sigh of relief .
7 Eventually the men at the long table sat back in a happy state of having eaten and drunk as much as they could possibly hold .
8 She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin .
9 ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her .
10 Katherine blurted out the memorized address and sat back in the comfortable warmth of the car .
11 ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me .
12 Katherine Lundy sat back in the darkened sitting room , her eyes on the deep red glow from the fire , the only sound the soft hissing of the burning coal and the solemn ticking of the clock .
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