Example sentences of "back [prep] the room " in BNC.
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1 | Desperately , she turned back towards the room and tried to apply her mind to more practical matters . |
2 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
3 | It is now possible to obtain purpose-made double-glazed units incorporating ‘ low E ’ , or low emissivity , glass which includes a thin and imperceptible metallic coating on the inside surface of the outer leaf of each unit to reflect interior heat back into the room while allowing solar heat to enter the building . |
4 | She comes running back into the room . |
5 | When he went back into the room , she got her word in first . |
6 | She turned from the window , back into the room that still smelled faintly of Isabel Lavender 's black coat and black feathered hat . |
7 | Wilson pushed her back into the room , the mutton skidding from the plate as she did so , and locked it behind her , then dragged a chest in front . |
8 | The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone . |
9 | He turned and looked back into the room and towards what she dimly made out to be a number of people . |
10 | He turned back into the room and started rummaging among books and papers . |
11 | He turned on the tap and washed them , then brought them back into the room and dried them with the tea-cloth . |
12 | I left them together while I went to make some coffee , and when I came back into the room , Shanti was saying , ‘ Patsy , where do I get my big feet from ? |
13 | The suggested version has similarities to Postman 's Knock , too , with a couple having to spend at least one minute observing before they are allowed back into the room . |
14 | The old woman said something and Simon turned and came back into the room and stood by the deerskin pallet on which Hugh was lying . |
15 | They then tell the other child to come back into the room . |
16 | On his right , as usual , sat Miles Lessingham , the Operations Superintendent , whose reflection , staring back into the room , looked like a hydrocephalic death 's head . |
17 | Heat usually lost up the chimney is recovered and passes back into the room ; in fact , some models claim to increase efficiency by about 40 per cent . |
18 | Sam Somerville had come back into the room , shouting at the bugs : ‘ He 's gone . |
19 | I could n't look at them ; nor could I look back into the room . |
20 | Then she forgot her tears as Jack came back into the room . |
21 | He placed the receiver down , stared at it thoughtfully for a moment , then turned back into the room , intending to join the Hatches in the garden . |
22 | I stalked back into the room and brushed my hair furiously , counting the strokes . |
23 | As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on . |
24 | Should gusts of wind send smoke billowing back into the room , you 'll have to fit a special cowl on top of the chimney , or some type of anti-back-draught chimney pot . |
25 | It therefore does n't offer any ventilation bonus like an open fire does , but it has the advantage that it does n't suffer from back-draughts , which can blow smoke and fumes back into the room from open flues . |
26 | NO DRAUGHT COWL Prevent downdraught from blowing smoke back into the room with the new Eurocowl . |
27 | ‘ The constables are coming , ’ he said tersely as he moved back into the room . |
28 | Spencer smiled and turned back into the room . |
29 | Duncan turned to go back into the room . |
30 | Evelyn asked as he came back into the room . |