Example sentences of "back in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 2 | John asked , lips drawn back in a sarcastic sneer . |
| 3 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
| 4 | If you feel , having read this , that you could handle the demands of a job that entails sinking your toes into plus , deep-pile carpet , lounging back in a comfy armchair sipping coffee whilst viewing Edinburgh 's citizens going about their lawful occasions and being paid for the privilege , forget it — we got here first . |
| 5 | Martin charging down on Dobson ; Martin , eyes glaring and lips drawn back in a feral snarl ; Martin , arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson 's head ; Martin , growling savagely at the yobs , daring them to interfere ; Martin , turing angrily as the sergeant pulled the baton from his hand ; finally , Martin , white and shaking , as he looked down disbelievingly at the unconscious Dobson . |
| 6 | As the wave hits the nose of the board , lean back in a crouched position , placing all you weight on your rear foot . |
| 7 | The national dailies loved this and immediately jumped on Morrissey 's back in a typical display of hounding . |
| 8 | Lee Sharpe is also back in a 15-man squad . |
| 9 | Her black eyes were bright , her lips curled back in a fearsome snarl that dribbled saliva and left her tongue hanging . |
| 10 | When Fagin left her , Nancy was already back in a drunken sleep , her head lying on the table once more . |
| 11 | Thus , in the Induction to The Taming of the Shrew — a unique example of a play outside the play , not to be taken as a measure by which the rest of the play must be dismissed for lacking seriousness — the tinker Christopher Sly , brought back in a drunken stupor to the house of a mischievous lord , is deceived into thinking that he is really a gentleman . |
| 12 | He drove her back in a battered silver sports car . |
| 13 | ‘ Come back in a better frame of mind . ’ |
| 14 | Former Defence Minister Ariel Sharon discredited during the war in Lebanon , possibly back in a prominent post . |
| 15 | They were back in a narrow country road and there were powerful lights behind them . |
| 16 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 17 | With his long face and straw-coloured hair pulled back in a half-hearted ponytail , he reminded me of a youthful Donald Sutherland ; the same doomy seriousness suddenly lightened by a wry humour . |
| 18 | Stung by comments about his walk-out from the committee meeting at Headingley on Tuesday , the 49-year-old former England opener and member for Wakefield , fired back in a modern hotel on the Wakefield side of the M1 in front of a local television crew , a radio reporter and five Yorkshire-based reporters . |
| 19 | I smiled back in a half-witted way that would have terrified a woman of less spirit . |
| 20 | Beyond the sitting room , a large area with an old brick fireplace set back in a spacious alcove , piles of cut logs flanking it , a narrow passage led to the kitchen and a small study . |
| 21 | She followed the boy to a house set back in a palm-lined road , which was light years away from the urchin 's poverty-stricken background . |
| 22 | Because even as you die you know that you will come back in a different hat . |
| 23 | The whole gave her a rather leggy , tomboyish look , especially with her long blonde hair pulled back in a fashionable plait . |
| 24 | When at last it was over she lay back in a sleepy state , as a result of too much gin rather than weakness from the birthing , but she no longer felt like cursing James . |
| 25 | Contrary to what you are told as a novice , it does in fact pay to let your backside drop into a sitting position — this allows even the shortest sailors to lean back in a relaxed position using their weight as opposed to relying only on arm strength |
| 26 | Trousers of all kinds are back in a big way , says Hilary Alexander ; now , you only have to worry about width |
| 27 | Not that there 's anything wrong with indie bands — we 've got several very good acts locally — but the traditional pop group is definitely coming back in a big way . |
| 28 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
| 29 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 30 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |