Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] back in the " in BNC.

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1 I mean back in the early nineteen eighties when we sold our first er system abroad we were quite surprised to find out that the French did n't have a road called Edgeware Road and an organization called B A C S on it .
2 My Rudd Cup football medal would nestle in its cotton wool till I got back in the holidays .
3 So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two .
4 and I went out to tell him and he started talking to me for something and when I came back in the fucking milk !
5 When I arrived back in the Department from the Northern Ireland Office , I appreciated the complexities of the old supplementary benefit system .
6 When I finally decided I could n't dawdle over my coffee any longer , a decision arrived at long before by the hard-eyed blonde in charge of the cash register , I climbed back in the heap and headed home .
7 I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep .
8 I know back in the 1930s Bradford City had a full back called McLuggage , but surely not even Reg believes that somewhere out there is a left back called Halfpound O'Liver .
9 yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting .
10 I glanced back in the direction of the field where we saw the figures crossing .
11 I feel back in the groove , ’ he said yesterday .
12 Instead I lay back in the heather and savoured the trickle of the burn and the crisp smell of peat-laden ground .
13 I lay back in the long chair .
14 And I lay back in the cradling pouch-seat , enjoying the feeling of being safe and relaxed — and financially secure for a while , with that fee safely tucked away in my Fedbank account .
15 I went back in the autumn and they said ‘ Oh , figurative painting 's out of fashion now . ’
16 I went back in the .
17 I leaned back in the wooden chair and stretched .
18 I sat back in the sand and looked quickly round the area .
19 I stayed back in the shadows .
20 ‘ Although our main aim is to provide accommodation and care ’ , he says , ‘ we also give advice and support to homeless people and try to assist them to resettle back in the community .
21 From the moment you sit back in the Orion 's roomy interior , you 'll know how it feels to drive a classic car .
22 She got back in the bed wet through , and sat up brazenly as the young girl brought the tray in .
23 Wish all over home she fired back in the rapid , unpunctuated shorthand of spelling and sign , blinking through the thick lenses of her glasses .
24 Right you get back in the middle please Bryony .
25 She slumped back in the chair .
26 Fran sighed , throwing the pencil down on to the desk as she leant back in the chair .
27 She lay back in the musty smelling chair , at peace with the world , and allowed the late April sun to envelop her .
28 She lay back in the chair and he went out of her like alcohol .
29 She lay back in the chair .
30 She lay back in the water , closing her eyes as the water lapped softly against her skin .
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