Example sentences of "leaning back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She climbed into bed , leaning back against the pillows he 'd stacked so expertly . |
| 32 | One young man is leaning back upon a seat , dead drunk . |
| 33 | Leaning back in a wicker chair sat Doctor Oswald Little , a plump , red-faced man who was attempting vainly to wipe the steam from his spectacles . |
| 34 | Leaning back in a comfortable armchair , a glass of frosted lime juice in his hand , Hawkins succeeded only in giving the impression of a man with all the time in the world . |
| 35 | Leaning back in a creaky old chair in a Padstow café , faced with yet another cream tea was the perfect way to round off a fabulous week 's backpacking on part of the South West Coast Path . |
| 36 | When his militiamen had stormed onto the Jiyeh coast road and killed the remaining Phalangist defenders there in 1985 , I found Walid leaning back in an old wooden chair in one of his palace reception rooms , swigging from a bottle of frozen Czech lager and lamenting the moral improprieties of war . |
| 37 | ‘ 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 . |