Example sentences of "[to-vb] back into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But costly turnovers allowed Washington to creep back into the game , despite the dominance of the Cowboys defence . |
| 2 | how had Patrick managed to creep back into the house ? |
| 3 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 4 | In the intervening decades , there was ‘ a general trend toward spectator civility ’ ( Talamini , 1987:66 ) , only for aspects of disorder to creep back into the sport by the 1970s . |
| 5 | And the easiest way to escape is just to slip back into the cockpit of a racing car . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's go and find the bastards , ’ Sharpe grunted , and once he had said it he marvelled at how easy it was to slip back into the old ways of speaking about the enemy . |
| 7 | It was frightening , how easy it was to slip back into the past . |
| 8 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 9 | He was unhappy there but , determined not to slip back into the pits where his grandfather had wielded a pick , worked hard and won scholarships both to Jesus College , Oxford , and the University College of Aberystwyth . |
| 10 | They did n't have any money either at this point , so to get them out , I had to slip back into the States without anybody knowing and sell off everything we owned — all the furniture and household stuff . |
| 11 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 12 | The verbal instructions are important — they will act as reminders in the days following the lesson and help the pupil to inhibit his natural tendency to slip back into the old habits . |
| 13 | She did n't know how time passed , or how long it took the wild shrill crying to fade back into the sky ; but at last there was just the sound of the rain and the wind . |
| 14 | He said he 's pleased that Pakistan has decided to come back into the Commonwealth . |
| 15 | Colour began to come back into the young woman 's cheeks . |
| 16 | People began to come back into the block . |
| 17 | They then tell the other child to come back into the room . |
| 18 | Then I found her outside the kitchen door , crying , she 'd lost her shoes what with one thing and another and she was too ashamed to come back into the house . |
| 19 | ‘ If I did wait for Garry to come back into the fold , what would you be doing ? ’ |
| 20 | You do n't want to come back into the house after somebody has been there . |
| 21 | So , I pull handfuls of weed and leave it near the water 's edge , giving at least some of the creatures the chance to nip back into the water again . |
| 22 | If it has one significant advantage , other than its relatively low cost , it is in its ability to grow back into the complete XPS system should the user ever require such capabilities . |
| 23 | Tears stung her eyes , and she turned as from an unbearable sight to vanish back into the garden outside . |
| 24 | The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept . |
| 25 | Fran turned off the shower and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around her to walk back into the bedroom — then came to an abrupt halt when she found Luke standing by the door . |
| 26 | to walk back into the house |
| 27 | As she was about to wriggle back into the room , the faint scent of the climbing rose came to her nostrils , and she sniffed it appreciatively , then paused , remembering the legend . |
| 28 | They would like Britain to opt back into the social chapter , but join other EC members in attempting to renegotiate its contents . |
| 29 | Tipping the handgrip back to the vertical allows the mercury to flow back into the bottom of the cup , so breaking the contact . |
| 30 | The most commonly-used light source is a discharge lamp , generally with a collimating capillary which allows a pencil of light to escape into the sample region without permitting sample to flow back into the discharge . |