Example sentences of "[vb past] back into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf .
2 Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited .
3 He woke her gently , and as the mists sank back into the river in the sunlight , they made love .
4 Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel .
5 The old man sank back into the chair , a look of satisfaction on his face .
6 ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away .
7 Harrison Ford stars as a former CIA man lured back into the fray after he becomes the target of the IRA .
8 A woman , walking up the railway line to Underwood , drew back into the hedge , held her basket aside , and watched the footplate of the engine advancing ( 3 ) .
9 There we watched the rout of the dive-bombers , but the shrapnel pattered down again , and we drew back into the doorway .
10 Alexei turned and shouted back into the house .
11 When he headed back into the heart of the crowd she headed the other way , hailed a taxi and went in search of a plane .
12 As the man crossed the street and started work , Harry headed back into the college .
13 Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit .
14 The economy moved back into the black in February after a Dm412m deficit during January but the latest Dm1.6 billion surplus is still well below the comparable Dm2.1 billion a year earlier .
15 The 126 staff moved back into the Branch on May Day Bank Holiday following the completion of an eight-month-long refurbishment .
16 They moved back into the sitting room and drank coffee .
17 As they moved back into the drawing room Alex Mair introduced Dalgliesh .
18 New York Giants moved back into the play-off picture by beating Washington Redskins 24–7 .
19 ‘ We all moved back into the drawing-room for coffee , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I performed my arty trick with the cream and the back of a spoon . ’
20 ‘ The constables are coming , ’ he said tersely as he moved back into the room .
21 There he stood , a bogus angel standing between God the Creator and the people He had created , as they crumbled back into the clay they were made from .
22 He swam back into the bay and along the coast some hundred yards before swimming in again .
23 She was on the point of leaving again when Jim Lewis erupted back into the room .
24 He made such noisy protestations that his nervous owner fled back into the waiting-room .
25 Slowly she wandered back into the kitchen and started to unpack the boxful of food .
26 Foreman sighed , rose , and wandered back into the chamber .
27 She wandered back into the living-room , with its rugged stone walls and polished wood and leather , and looked out again at the darkened skies and pouring rain .
28 She wrapped the gown close around her body and wandered back into the living-room , moving around aimlessly , pausing in front of the enormous bookcase that virtually filled one large section of the room from top to bottom .
29 She wandered back into the living-room .
30 She pulled on one of the towelling robes and wandered back into the bedroom , selecting clean clothes .
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