Example sentences of "and lean back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take the tube and have my first puff and lean back upon the settee , my eyes closed , my legs spread slightly . |
| 2 | I lower myself into a contained eddy of water and lean back against a seat of rounded stone . |
| 3 | She watched as Michael frowned and leant back . |
| 4 | He put it on and leant back against Lee . |
| 5 | I put my hands in my pockets and leant back against the wall . |
| 6 | He stopped thinking about the amount of jam he was taking and leant back in his chair . |
| 7 | One boy , sitting near the front , leant forward slightly if the reader 's voice volume needed raising and leant back slightly if it was too loud . |
| 8 | He sat down again , took a sip from his drink and leant back . |
| 9 | I closed the door and leant back against it . |
| 10 | Blanche yawned and leant back against the aluminium bar that ran round the inside of the lift . |
| 11 | Steven folded his arms and leant back , feeling triumphant . |
| 12 | He sat on the bed and leant back against the pillow , stretching his long legs along the edge of the bed , and Robyn relaxed next to him , laying her head down thankfully by his side . |
| 13 | She folded her arms and leant back against the rail , watching while he tipped out and examined the contents of her sponge bag , and spread her socks , knickers , T-shirts and jeans across the counter . |
| 14 | He took a sip of coffee and leant back , eyeing her intently . |
| 15 | The laughter was suddenly gone and a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth as she closed the door after her and leant back against it . |
| 16 | He raised his eyes from the paperwork on his desk and leant back in the chair , a lazy grin on his face . |
| 17 | Kath laid her pen down and leant back , smiling at him . |
| 18 | ‘ Chung Hom Kok , m'goi , ’ she said tightly to the driver , and leant back against the blue leather seats as they pulled away . |
| 19 | ( Max puts on radio earphones and leans back with eyes closed . |
| 20 | Then he carefully moves a pawn one little square and leans back like he 's changed the whole pattern of the game . |
| 21 | One scratches his hairy chest and leans back , positively smouldering . |
| 22 | He closed his eyes and leaned back . |
| 23 | Gerrard blinked and then folded his arms and leaned back in his chair . |
| 24 | I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall . |
| 25 | Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment . |
| 26 | Susan broke off and leaned back , looking so tired that Breeze could not ask her any of the things she naturally wanted to know , about their father 's last weeks of life . |
| 27 | The senator blanched and leaned back . |
| 28 | He put the papers away and leaned back , gazing out of the window at the bright banks of sunlit cloud as they reached thirty thousand feet . |
| 29 | Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class . |
| 30 | It was now five twenty-five and he rubbed a hand over his unshaven face as he hung up and leaned back in his chair for a moment until the call from Pontino should come through . |