Example sentences of "[verb] back into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garrison , in spite of everything and without the assistance of the Collector , continued to labour between one downpour and the next to prevent their walls of mud from oozing back into the plain from which they had been dug , but the number of men available to wield a shovel had suddenly begun to decrease alarmingly . |
| 2 | In the intervening decades , there was ‘ a general trend toward spectator civility ’ ( Talamini , 1987:66 ) , only for aspects of disorder to creep back into the sport by the 1970s . |
| 3 | But costly turnovers allowed Washington to creep back into the game , despite the dominance of the Cowboys defence . |
| 4 | how had Patrick managed to creep back into the house ? |
| 5 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 6 | ‘ You can stay , ’ Tammuz said , walking back into the canteen . |
| 7 | The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf . |
| 8 | Lucy sank back into the darkness at the rear of the cab , and waited . |
| 9 | He woke her gently , and as the mists sank back into the river in the sunlight , they made love . |
| 10 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 11 | The old man sank back into the chair , a look of satisfaction on his face . |
| 12 | Grant Simons presents a view of the inside of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie at the USAF Museum and looks back into the type 's turbulent past |
| 13 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 14 | Harrison Ford stars as a former CIA man lured back into the fray after he becomes the target of the IRA . |
| 15 | Full-back , Paul Bodin is back after injury and striker , Dave Mitchell , drops back into the defence to cover for Colin Calderwood , who 's suspended . |
| 16 | At Milton Keynes Magistrates Court today the youth was remaded back into the care of the local authority and is again in the childrens home … |
| 17 | A woman , walking up the railway line to Underwood , drew back into the hedge , held her basket aside , and watched the footplate of the engine advancing ( 3 ) . |
| 18 | There we watched the rout of the dive-bombers , but the shrapnel pattered down again , and we drew back into the doorway . |
| 19 | He did not believe that Rose , if she had come back into the flat , would have let the cat out , or left it unfed . |
| 20 | But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’ |
| 21 | Sam Somerville had come back into the room , shouting at the bugs : ‘ He 's gone . |
| 22 | Sandra had come back into the room , and somehow she was at Matthew 's side , holding his hand and weeping . |
| 23 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
| 24 | And the easiest way to escape is just to slip back into the cockpit of a racing car . |
| 25 | It was frightening , how easy it was to slip back into the past . |
| 26 | ‘ They can be a devil , ’ Guido told her , climbing back into the driver 's seat . |
| 27 | Already the warriors were climbing back into the saddle . |
| 28 | Climbing back into the caravan , he said : ‘ A Jag has just passed . |
| 29 | When he headed back into the heart of the crowd she headed the other way , hailed a taxi and went in search of a plane . |
| 30 | As the man crossed the street and started work , Harry headed back into the college . |