Example sentences of "[vb pp] back in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd better come back in the house and dry your shoes and socks , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | One driver told the interviewer : ‘ I 'm always thinking that they 're sat back in the office thinking ‘ Where has he got to ’ , and it puts you on edge so I always drive faster in a company car because time is against me . ’ |
| 3 | When I was tipped back in the dentist 's chair |
| 4 | Well they can be tipped back in the tin then ca n't they ? |
| 5 | Bye-laws 17 , 18 , and 22 deal with back-siphoning : wherever a cold water supply is connected to a flexible hose , the law insists that the tap or outlet is fitted with a non-return valve to prevent contaminating liquids being sucked back in the mains system by any loss of pressure . |
| 6 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 7 | Midfielder Scott Sellars was sold to Blackburn for £35,000 and was bought back in the summer for £750,000 . |
| 8 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't suppose Mr Trumper will expect you to be there every morning at four thirty , ’ she laughed ‘ Just until he 's got back in the swing of things . |
| 10 | Although all staff will have been through a thorough central basic training course ( see Chapter 6 ) much additional training and supervision is still needed back in the bureau . |
| 11 | Sandwiches had been sold back in the Store 's Food Hall . |
| 12 | The words sounded hollow when played back in the emptiness of the flat , like an extract from a vacuous , romantic novel . |
| 13 | Though the backgrounds of the successful ironmongers were varied , nearly all their families can be traced back in the neighbourhood to the sixteenth century , either through a direct line or through marriage . |
| 14 | The fish was revived by being placed back in the water , and literally given an underwater lip-to-lip kiss of life … |
| 15 | The data can then be analysed or altered and placed back in the database . |
| 16 | Gaily settled back in the bus seat . |
| 17 | So , thought Meredith grimly when she had arrived back in the kitchen of Rose Cottage , do we rush on madly to our doom . |
| 18 | Fintan Cahill only arrived back in the country yesterday from Florida , scarcely the ideal championship preparation . |
| 19 | Does the Prime Minister recall that the cause of reconciliation in Northern Ireland was tragically set back in the aftermath of the 1974 election ? |
| 20 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |
| 21 | Do you think perhap , erm , because it 's not so busy , do you think perhaps they 've cut back in the restaurant , and that 's why you 're doing a bit more work for the restaurant , you know , doing the floaters and things . |
| 22 | did you hear what I said , I think your , I do n't know if you 'd gone back in the house when I said , I 'll prepare , I 'll prepare the dinner |
| 23 | It becomes a colossal step to re-enter working life , even if they are wanted back in the labour market . |
| 24 | Noah was jealous because Oliver went out to burials while he was left back in the shop , so he treated him even worse than before . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's hope history sort of repeats itself , and we get promoted back in the year we come back home . ’ |
| 26 | I remember her , head thrown back in the middle of some joke she was making , and that sudden glint of gold , like treasure in a cave . |
| 27 | And later why parents should n't be allowed back in the classroom . |
| 28 | Even a biscuit tin full of buttons and other odds and ends was finally put back in the pile of things to be kept because , as Granny said , ‘ You never know when they 'll come in handy . ’ |
| 29 | Marco would n't hear of him being put back in the cabin . |
| 30 | Hand-reared birds can be put back in the nest once they can feed themselves , but if they 've become imprinted on a human , they may not respond properly to the other birds and the parents may reject them . |