Example sentences of "[vb past] back into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 2 | TEXAN oil and gas exploration minnow Aviva Petroleum sank back into the red last year with an $8.7m loss , against 1990 's $537,000 profit , on revenue down from $12.2m to $9.3m . |
| 3 | He woke her gently , and as the mists sank back into the river in the sunlight , they made love . |
| 4 | The old man sank back into the chair , a look of satisfaction on his face . |
| 5 | Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited . |
| 6 | Faye understood now too , and she sank back into the reclining lounge chair with a gesture of despair . |
| 7 | The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 9 | Harrison Ford stars as a former CIA man lured back into the fray after he becomes the target of the IRA . |
| 10 | From the hall outside the court , Doyle peered back into the drab room , wondering whether the girl would re-appear , and give him a chance to make his opening . |
| 11 | There we watched the rout of the dive-bombers , but the shrapnel pattered down again , and we drew back into the doorway . |
| 12 | A woman , walking up the railway line to Underwood , drew back into the hedge , held her basket aside , and watched the footplate of the engine advancing ( 3 ) . |
| 13 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
| 14 | As the man crossed the street and started work , Harry headed back into the college . |
| 15 | When he headed back into the heart of the crowd she headed the other way , hailed a taxi and went in search of a plane . |
| 16 | Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit . |
| 17 | ‘ We all moved back into the drawing-room for coffee , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I performed my arty trick with the cream and the back of a spoon . ’ |
| 18 | The economy moved back into the black in February after a Dm412m deficit during January but the latest Dm1.6 billion surplus is still well below the comparable Dm2.1 billion a year earlier . |
| 19 | As they moved back into the drawing room Alex Mair introduced Dalgliesh . |
| 20 | New York Giants moved back into the play-off picture by beating Washington Redskins 24–7 . |
| 21 | ‘ The constables are coming , ’ he said tersely as he moved back into the room . |
| 22 | They moved back into the sitting room and drank coffee . |
| 23 | The 126 staff moved back into the Branch on May Day Bank Holiday following the completion of an eight-month-long refurbishment . |
| 24 | There he stood , a bogus angel standing between God the Creator and the people He had created , as they crumbled back into the clay they were made from . |
| 25 | He swam back into the bay and along the coast some hundred yards before swimming in again . |
| 26 | She was on the point of leaving again when Jim Lewis erupted back into the room . |
| 27 | He made such noisy protestations that his nervous owner fled back into the waiting-room . |
| 28 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 29 | She pulled on one of the towelling robes and wandered back into the bedroom , selecting clean clothes . |
| 30 | Slowly she wandered back into the kitchen and started to unpack the boxful of food . |