Example sentences of "[verb] back [prep] the room " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clutching the sheet , letting a great hollow groan escape me , I staggered back across the room . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Sam Somerville had come back into the room , shouting at the bugs : ‘ He 's gone . |
| 4 | Sandra had come back into the room , and somehow she was at Matthew 's side , holding his hand and weeping . |
| 5 | ‘ The constables are coming , ’ he said tersely as he moved back into the room . |
| 6 | From time to time she would glance back into the room , her eyes coming to rest on the casually seated figure of Tsu Ma . |
| 7 | She was on the point of leaving again when Jim Lewis erupted back into the room . |
| 8 | They then tell the other child to come back into the room . |
| 9 | NO DRAUGHT COWL Prevent downdraught from blowing smoke back into the room with the new Eurocowl . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 12 | The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 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 | Then she forgot her tears as Jack came back into the room . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Evelyn asked as he came back into the room . |
| 18 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 19 | Christina was dressed in shorts and a loose cotton shirt when he came back into the room . |
| 20 | He came back into the room . |
| 21 | Connon came back into the room . |
| 22 | She came back into the room and shut and locked the door . |
| 23 | And sure enough , he came back into the room and shut the door . |
| 24 | The other people heard the noise of the shot and came back into the room . |
| 25 | Fitzosbert came back into the room and Cranston laid some silver on the table . |
| 26 | Marguerite looked a trifle anxiously at Jenna as she came back into the room . |
| 27 | She was still silently pondering this as he came back into the room and smiled across at his mother . |
| 28 | He was soothing someone , his voice gentle , and when he came back into the room there was an altogether different look on his face . |
| 29 | Robyn fetched her plate and self-consciously came back into the room . |
| 30 | The landlord came back into the room just then , interrupting his gloomy thoughts . |