Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] back in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to the throne or slopping back in a sty ; that there are swinish kings and regal hogs ; that the king may envy the pig ; and that the possibilities of the not-life will always change tormentingly to fit the particular embarrassments of the lived life . |
| 2 | So the bit was taken out of his mouth and put back in the proper place , and Wendy continued to calmly trot him around with the other horses ; and Huckleberry kept putting his tongue over the bit again , and again , and again . |
| 3 | Milton took a last bite of teacake and a last gulp of tea and lay back in his chair and closed his eyes . |
| 4 | I re I think we 'll go and I 'll think you just go for tea and come back in |
| 5 | Delighted at the chance to see more of County Sligo , especially as the weather was now improving , I thanked the priest and settled back in my seat . |
| 6 | For a fleeting moment , she wondered if the woman might have given her deliberately wrong directions but , shrugging the thought away , she started the car and turned back in the direction from which she had just come . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Félix drew a deep sigh and leaning back in his chair , raised his dark eyebrows in a wry half-smile . |
| 9 | Uncle Wafter heaved a sigh and slumped back in the chair , his hand covering his eyes . |
| 10 | Jimmy gave a deep sigh and slumped back in his chair . |
| 11 | He sighed a harsh sigh and leaned back in his seat . |
| 12 | She peeped into the hall and drew back in shock . |
| 13 | He snapped off the machine and settled back in his chair as Matron with a soft rustle of starch rearranged herself in hers . |
| 14 | He put down the telephone and sat back in his chair . |
| 15 | He raised his eyes from the paperwork on his desk and leant back in the chair , a lazy grin on his face . |
| 16 | I swung my feet up on the desk and lay back in the chair . |
| 17 | She laid the rectangle of glistening plastic down on her desk and sat back in her chair . |
| 18 | Hayman dropped the receiver back into its cradle and lolled back in his chair , sighing to himself . |
| 19 | Piers wiped his mouth with the napkin and relaxed back in the chair , surveying her through dark , thick lashes . |
| 20 | ‘ I had no idea of the time , ’ she murmured , pushing back a tendril of hair and leaning back in her chair . |
| 21 | Deliberately , she pushed her hands into the pockets of her robe and sat back in her chair as he proceeded to serve himself . |
| 22 | Someone comes to the hotel lobby entrance , looks around the car park and disappears back in . |
| 23 | and the second one open which went right outside the building and came back in again erm |
| 24 | The great experiment in redemption that began back in Genesis 12 has failed . |
| 25 | And , and you see , do you remember when I had asthma and went back in , oh from erm , you know er , oh , teabag . |
| 26 | He took another sip of his wine and stretched back in his chair , watching her . |
| 27 | Foreman rolled up the parchment and sat back in his chair . |
| 28 | Profits advanced in the transport and pharmaceutical division but fell back in sporting goods , and losses deepened in retail . |
| 29 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 30 | 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 . |