Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] back in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw his hands relax , and the broad shoulders lean back in the chair . |
| 2 | Wright was the first of Souness 's multi-million pound recruits back in the summer of 1991 , but his fortunes took a savage nosedive in September after a string of poor Liverpool results against Aston Villa , Chesterfield and Wimbledon . |
| 3 | The Superintendent leant back in the chair in the diocesan office conference room , Tallboy sitting opposite . |
| 4 | That means I have n't got a key to get back in the house . |
| 5 | That means I have n't got a key to get back in the house . |
| 6 | Ewen sat back in the chair , and managed , very creditably I thought , a wry little smile . |
| 7 | But in fact they stopped well short of this principle , because they believed that the peculiar organization of meaning in poetry led back in the end to the ‘ real ’ world . |
| 8 | And at the Liverpool Empire , London Contemporary Dance arrive back in the city tomorrow after an absence of some years . |
| 9 | Katherine sat back in the warmth of her seat and watched Central Park give way to the shops and office towers of midtown Manhattan . |
| 10 | Katherine sat back in the train 's cushioned seats and as it pulled away from the platform , she breathed a sigh of relief The first part of her plan had been safely accomplished . |
| 11 | Lucenzo 's golden hair streaked back in the wind , emphasising the high purity of his cheekbones , and briefly his eyes lanced hers with a calculating look . |
| 12 | I heard one of them say , followed by a retching sound choked back in the throat . |
| 13 | Elaine leant back in the car seat to get a better look at him . |
| 14 | And they , er when they did it , they knocked it all down , and that was really wrong and unnecessary , and though I think some of the flintstone was used , a lot of the flintstone went back in the builder 's yard , and it was a criminal thing at the time . |
| 15 | We discovered that a paella needed to be ordered at lunchtime for the evening , and went back to eat it while watching boats come back in the gathering gloom . |
| 16 | your footprints tracking back in the dew ; |
| 17 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 18 | A goal or two is what everyone needs and at least United have a chance to come back in the cup with the second leg at Torquay next week |
| 19 | The Germans occupied them in the second world war , the Americans rebuilt them afterwards , and then the north-west Europeans came back in the shape of the European Community and its powerful money . |
| 20 | This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front . |
| 21 | Philip leant back in the car . |
| 22 | Anna lay back in the bath , staring at the wall tiles . |
| 23 | Harry leaned back in the chair . |
| 24 | I remember her , head thrown back in the middle of some joke she was making , and that sudden glint of gold , like treasure in a cave . |
| 25 | Fran sat back in the seat , staring unseeingly out of the window , wondering why she should feel the most ridiculous urge to cry at such evidence of Luke Calder 's attitude to life . |
| 26 | Tabitha sat back in the boat , amazed and astonished by her own luck , as they nosed out across the filthy water , under the acid glare of a video wall . |
| 27 | Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk |
| 28 | The England manager hit back in the row with his former captain and said : ‘ I find it hard to understand how any player can retire from international football at the age of 30 . |
| 29 | Champs ' plans go back in the melting pot |
| 30 | Lizzy lay back in the bed . |