Example sentences of "slipping back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something metallic slithered from beneath her bed and vacuumed the debris away , before slipping back under the bed and deactivating with a click . |
| 2 | Each time the yen slips , the larger these dollar-based assets loom in the banks ' balance sheets — and the more they have to scrounge for additional yen-based equity at home in order to prevent their capital-adequacy figures from slipping back below the BIS requirement . |
| 3 | Cells must therefore be leaving the marginal row as the wound closes ( most probably by slipping back into the epithelium to the rear of this row ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't care if you starve , ’ she said tightly , slipping back into the rough gibing of their childhood . |
| 5 | Following her normal routine , she had changed out of her show glitter back into a long and relatively modest black evening dress before slipping back into the main section of the club . |
| 6 | Holding a length of silk in its beak , it then pierces a hole in the leaf and pushes the silk through it , tying a little knot in the end to prevent the thread from slipping back through the hole and then doing the same thing on the other side so that the two leaf surfaces are secured to one another . |