Example sentences of "[v-ing] back in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving back in the dark , Roland and Maud communicated in brief businesslike bursts , their imaginations hugely busy elsewhere . |
| 2 | It 's like living back in the flat . |
| 3 | be ready to make informed guesses , and to correct themselves in the light of additional information , eg by reading ahead or looking back in the text ; |
| 4 | On the other hand , similar statements of mine have never prevented you from writing back in the past . |
| 5 | Women clapped with glee as the princess entered the centre and an elderly woman lying back in a dentist 's chair with her mouth wide open burst into applause as the princess approached . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on ; do n't just lie there , ’ Andy said matter-of-factly , leaving his cock alone and lying back in the grass , putting his arm behind his head and staring up at the sky . |
| 7 | Gurder moved closer and glanced over his shoulder at Angalo , who was lying back in the control seat with a look of dreamy contentment on his face . |
| 8 | Perhaps we are heading back in a full-circle towards the days of Victorian philanthropy — Back towards the days before state provision when organisations like Barnardos , the Salvation Army and the C.O.S. were the dominant providers . |
| 9 | He was now heading back in the direction of New York City , by circling the perimeter of the vast estate . |
| 10 | and she said that 's just not the way it 's done , so she she saying to him now , if you da if you wet yourself once more you 're going back in a nappy . |
| 11 | No , he came out for about ten minutes then he said I 'm going back in the house mummy , just then flopped on the chair |
| 12 | Going back in the train , Ruth made sure that no one else was listening , then ventured to say : ‘ I know it 's none of my business , but are you and Kristof — you know what I mean together ? ’ |
| 13 | Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk |
| 14 | You 're not going back in the family business , are you , Floyd ? ’ |
| 15 | your footprints tracking back in the dew ; |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder , ’ she muses to Naomi , getting back in the taxi , ‘ if my tongue will fall out because I lied to a rabbi ? ’ |
| 17 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 18 | You know , erm , you know what sort of gross salary and you know and there was , you were holding back in a way erm tt and why you did n't wan na discuss your hobbies you know where you were losing it |
| 19 | The sun still shed a great sparkle on the sea but the heat had gone from it and the dusk was gathering back in the valley . |
| 20 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 21 | He was in this library , lolling back in a chair by the hearth . |
| 22 | ‘ I know , my Dear , ’ lolling back in the car Karl nodded lazily . |
| 23 | Coming back in a minute |
| 24 | coming back in a minute . |
| 25 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 26 | Now I see him coming back in the middle of the afternoon , with , I hope , a railway sandwich or two inside him , apparently not in the least put out at being employed as a busboy . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ye 've seen the Harrods of Koraloona , ’ said Reid , nodding back in the direction of Johnson 's . |
| 28 | She was already on her feet , glancing back in the direction of the next carriage where Ryker was . |
| 29 | All the time she prayed in desperation that the constables would discover something incriminating back in the flat : perhaps letters from Zbigniew or Tatyana Nowak , bloodstained gloves , she did not care . |
| 30 | Running down , or , as the current euphemism has it , rationalizing a business , while keeping the enthusiasm , loyalty and commitment of one 's people , and fighting back in the marketplace , is one of the most difficult of industrial situations , and certainly separates the sheep from the goats in a management sense . |