Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | To remove , score the past with a knife and peel back in one layer . |
| 4 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 5 | He believes it important to be seen to be a good community person and to put back in some of what we take out . |
| 6 | Peter shot a 63 in one of the qualifying rounds at Lytham , eight under par , going out in 29 and coming back in 34 . |
| 7 | Based on the Marvel comic of the same name and filmed back in 1988 , it 's the usual uncomplicated but enjoyable mix of demolition derby and fuck you one-liners , which features Dolph as a leather-clad psycho-avenger tearing up nightclubs with huge guns , using his karate skills on mob bosses and riding round city sewers on his Harley . |
| 8 | The airmail letters which he exchanges with his liberal friends in England tell a worse story of them than they do of him , and hark back in fine style to that golden time when such friends used to kneel in London mosques with Michael X and other celebrities , squinting up at the Heavyweight Champion of the World 's effulgent arse . |
| 9 | I did actually say I was going to put a plan together for you and come back in two weeks but I mean |
| 10 | Behind her she could hear Jack calmly telling everyone to go and shower and change and come back in full barrier gear . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Profits advanced in the transport and pharmaceutical division but fell back in sporting goods , and losses deepened in retail . |