Example sentences of "[v-ing] back in the [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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was now heading back in the direction of New York City , by circling the perimeter of the vast estate . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk |
| 11 | You 're not going back in the family business , are you , Floyd ? ’ |
| 12 | your footprints tracking back in the dew ; |
| 13 | ‘ I wonder , ’ she muses to Naomi , getting back in the taxi , ‘ if my tongue will fall out because I lied to a rabbi ? ’ |
| 14 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I know , my Dear , ’ lolling back in the car Karl nodded lazily . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ye 've seen the Harrods of Koraloona , ’ said Reid , nodding back in the direction of Johnson 's . |
| 21 | She was already on her feet , glancing back in the direction of the next carriage where Ryker was . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He felt really mean , sitting back in the cab , watching Manhattan by night . |
| 25 | Piers asked , sitting back in the sofa , and clasping his hands behind his head . |
| 26 | I kept silent , sitting back in the wherry to gaze forlornly across at the spires , towers and turrets of the city . |
| 27 | Uses behaviour that emphasises the interviewer 's powers to appraise and evaluate — sitting back in the chair , head tilting backwards , hand covering mouth , perhaps , looking doubtful and not registering any reaction to what is said , or indicating that he or she appreciates that their ‘ victim ’ has finished an answer . |
| 28 | It 's ganning back in the morning . |
| 29 | She went up to her bedroom and there it was flooded with golden light , the clouds were rapidly drawing away , almost peeling back in the sky and , not yet quite behind the roofs , a dazzling gold was leaking all round the edges of a lilac cloud . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course , ’ he agreed smoothly , leaning back in the chair to stretch his arms above his head as though sitting still had cramped his muscles . |