Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] back in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ewen sat back in the chair , and managed , very creditably I thought , a wry little smile . |
| 2 | Ruth flopped back in the lounger and studied the vapour trail through half-closed eyes . |
| 3 | He made Hodkinson step back in the second with a fierce right to the body . |
| 4 | Ruth hung back in the shadowy hallway and peered through the wide arched open front door , her heart beating so wildly she felt sick with it . |
| 5 | Had IBM known back in the early 1980s what it knows now , it would have opened up its VM operating system , which also has its roots in development , but , coming from the button-down IBM world has many more security and management features than Unix started out with . |
| 6 | A friend once told me of a Northen Ireland tour back in the 1970s , by a group of bogus Wombles . |
| 7 | Maggie leans back in the easy chair . |
| 8 | Katherine sat back in the warmth of her seat and watched Central Park give way to the shops and office towers of midtown Manhattan . |
| 9 | Katherine sat back in the train 's cushioned seats and as it pulled away from the platform , she breathed a sigh of relief The first part of her plan had been safely accomplished . |
| 10 | Trailing 2-0 to the Second Division high-flyers , Wycombe bounced back in the last 20 minutes to force a replay with goals from skipper Glyn Creaser and Steve Thompson , a corporal in the RAF . |
| 11 | ‘ We have always been a very tired family , ’ Finch said loftily to Henry , both aged twenty-eight , Finch lying back in a large bed with his cello on his ex-girl friend 's pillow and Henry standing up by the gas fire . |
| 12 | Elaine leant back in the car seat to get a better look at him . |
| 13 | Morris sprawled back in the one armchair with his whisky , watching them all impassively . |
| 14 | Without bothering to speak again Michael and Geoffrey got back in the Mercedes . |
| 15 | Philip leant back in the car . |
| 16 | Anna lay back in the bath , staring at the wall tiles . |
| 17 | Harry leaned back in the chair . |
| 18 | Fran sat back in the seat , staring unseeingly out of the window , wondering why she should feel the most ridiculous urge to cry at such evidence of Luke Calder 's attitude to life . |
| 19 | Tabitha sat back in the boat , amazed and astonished by her own luck , as they nosed out across the filthy water , under the acid glare of a video wall . |
| 20 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 21 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |
| 22 | Lizzy lay back in the bed . |
| 23 | After deciding to have her favourite crab-cakes , Christina sat back in the uncomfortable rattan chair , admiring Pauline 's Batik printed dress . |
| 24 | Jim leaned back in a tug-of-war with the long iron chain . |
| 25 | Either way , the ACT changes will add some uncertainty to an already complicated situation and it would be no surprise to see the Footsie fall back in the short-term . |
| 26 | PLUCKY little Laura Davies arrived back in the UK yesterday after her life-saving bowel and liver transplant in America . |
| 27 | Gina settled back in the comfortable upholstery and expelled her breath in a gesture of resignation . |
| 28 | Bragg leaned back in the comer of the railway carriage , and puffed at his pipe contentedly . |
| 29 | Anthea leaned back in the chair and idly tapped her teeth with the knuckles of her left hand . |
| 30 | But the wee winger from Fife bounced back in a way that says much for the survivalist instincts in the human spirit . |