Example sentences of "[vb past] back in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | La Principessa drew back in mock horror . |
| 2 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 3 | Namawar and had been sent to hell-fire , came back in loud and strong . |
| 4 | She said Brightness , who arrived back in Laspi Bay at 5am yesterday , was lively and eating well , but very thin , after fending for himself , since he escaped from an aquarium last year . |
| 5 | The army turned back in drenched and miserable retreat towards Welshpool , without having so much as sighted a Welsh force of any kind . |
| 6 | With one twiddle of a button , the colour flooded back into the faces of the soap stars on screen and the owner sprang back in feigned amazement . |
| 7 | I gave a cry , and when he saw me , he stepped back in sudden surprise . |
| 8 | Athelstan stepped back in mock annoyance . |
| 9 | The boys , both pumped up by their achievement , ran and jumped all along the road to the Land Rover that we found round the next bend , and rode back in euphoric good spirits . |
| 10 | And when we laughed at this they started back in absurd confusion . |
| 11 | The next day she decided to saddle the horse for a ride , but as the girth was being tightened the horse pulled back in great fear , broke its halter rope , and threw itself over backwards sending the saddle crashing to the ground . |
| 12 | Hoc and his brother shrank back in momentary horror front the man dying at their feet ; then Hoc began sobbing loudly . |
| 13 | ‘ Women , ’ he growled back in mock disgust , ‘ they 're always late . ’ |
| 14 | He stopped , quite sharply , staring at the audience , which stared back in dumfounded silence . |
| 15 | Town should have been two or three up … but Ipswich went back in front thanks to a John Wark penalty justice was done near the end when Town won themselves a penalty … and what do you reckon was going through Paul Bodin 's mind … the man who missed the penalty that could have given wales a world cup place was on the spot again … |
| 16 | However , Crues went back in front thanks to that Burrows/Hunter combination . |
| 17 | Profits advanced in the transport and pharmaceutical division but fell back in sporting goods , and losses deepened in retail . |
| 18 | The point appeared to be taken on board by UK energy minister Tim Eggar who acknowledged that there were other areas competing for shares of hard-pressed oil company budgets as the world oil prices fell back in real terms to pre-1974 levels . |
| 19 | Di Leonardo glared back in frigid indignation . |
| 20 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 21 | Athelstan glowered back in mock anger whilst she turned and skipped like a young girl into the church . |
| 22 | And all the time the snow fell ; not once but many times , scooped up by the wind and hurled back in huge opaque whirlpools that obliterated even the pencil lines . |
| 23 | The other sat back in leisurely fashion in a comfortable armchair and elegantly crossed one loose-trousered leg over another . |
| 24 | The driver seemed pleased by the idea and the Feldwebel sat back in luxurious anticipation . |