Example sentences of "he [vb past] back in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He slouched back in the chair , his face drawn as if he realised the mortal danger they were now in . |
2 | He said , ‘ That is a pity ’ , with his smiling , still mouth , and he got back in the car and drove away , and Elizabeth went back in the house , and all the day she cried , and I went away to the hills . |
3 | It was an illusion of tired eyes , but before he got back in the car he stood , his collar open , looking up at the sky where there was nothing to see but black , and let the water splash down on his open face , his wet shirt clinging to the skin of his chest and belly . |
4 | When he came back in a temper sometimes , or been drinking , Cis told me they would put Rich on the kitchen table and tell him to dance . |
5 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
6 | His premiership appeared not so much to be running out as running down , Few believed that when he came back in the autumn he would be able to do more than coast gently and desultorily along for another six months . |
7 | He came back in the evening , bringing Lyn a fieldmouse . |
8 | Noticed when he came back in the afternoon , while he was talking to Rose . |
9 | He came back in the middle of the morning and his eyes met Jenna 's at once . |
10 | ‘ He was OSS , then in London at the time of Winter Garden , then he came back in the mid-Sixties . |
11 | Instinctively , he hung back in the shelter of a rock . |
12 | He settled back in the chair , his leg accidentally brushing against Alyssia 's , and looked as though he was highly intrigued by the conversation and in no hurry to excuse himself . |
13 | He settled back in the seat and closed his eyes . |
14 | He slumped back in the seat . |
15 | He slumped back in the armchair after she had left . |
16 | He lounged back in the chair , a commanding figure , despite his ancient white fisherman 's sweater and salt-stained jeans . |
17 | Courier 's only glimmer of hope came when he broke serve in the first game of the third set , but it was only a momentary lapse of concentration by the German , who so likes to win in front of his countrymen and women , as he broke back in the next game . |
18 | He leant back in the chair . |
19 | Determined to try again , he crossed back in the Lusitania , and survived its sinking on 7 May 1915 . |
20 | Gritting his teeth he lay back in the chair and forced himself to relax . |
21 | He relaxed back in the chair . |
22 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
23 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
24 | He sat back in the chair . |
25 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
26 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
27 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
28 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
29 | ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her . |
30 | He hurried back in the direction of the 17th . |