Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] back into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 2 | Depending on the obstructions you find , you could site the building exactly alongside the house , bring it forward of the building line ( if the planners will allow this — see later ) , or set it back into the garden . |
| 3 | Heseltine needs Thatcher to do the decent thing and step down this summer , or invite him back into the cabinet . |
| 4 | After two years designing murals for Wimpey , the construction company , he took a teaching post that enticed him back into the photography world , and led to a post-graduate degree at the Royal College . |
| 5 | ‘ Come on , ’ he turned her neatly and propelled her back into the living room . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 7 | It was always a project which was in parallel with Queen , because we always had a positive attitude to people doing stuff outside the band , getting new experiences and bringing them back into the band . |
| 8 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 9 | Any second now it would break and throw him back into the river . |
| 10 | Then lift the front foot high and hook it back into the opponent 's head . |
| 11 | She tried to push past him , to get to the door , but he caught hold of her arm , spun her round and bundled her back into the lounge . |
| 12 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 13 | ‘ Because , ’ the Doctor answered , a little hoarse himself , ‘ the enhancer works both ways , and the Old One 's survival instinct is letting him draw on its excess life-force to try and bring it back into the world . |
| 14 | She stared at it for a couple of minutes , then , with a prolonged sigh , began to take them out and put them back into the cupboards and drawers . |
| 15 | It gave her address , her phone number , her next of kin … he tore off this last part and put it back into the locket , which he returned to her body . |
| 16 | They employ it , and put it back into the land , if they do make anything . |
| 17 | Ray folded the article and put it back into the envelope . |
| 18 | One witness said : ‘ The plane had already landed , but the wind came under the wings and lifted it back into the air . |
| 19 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |
| 20 | The Benefits Agency had told him it was taking action to identify the loans concerned and transfer them back into the system . |
| 21 | Jacob 's demand for a blessing is only what we would expect , and yet it prepares us for the turning point in the story , which follows immediately afterwards , and takes us back into the clearer air of the larger narrative . |
| 22 | I really hope they can raise their game and get us back into the Premier Division . |
| 23 | The bleeper attached to his belt suddenly shrilled into life and after silencing it he eased the hook from the mouth of the pike thrashing about at his feet and brushed it back into the water with the side of his boot . |
| 24 | She pulled the cold embroidered spaces of satin kimono closer to her and pressed her back into the wire of the fender before she drew the basket , full of wounded dog , nearer to herself and to the heat — the little bitch trembled amongst all her luxuries . |
| 25 | I pressed the door shut , and pressed him back into the lighted room at the rear of the store . |
| 26 | Acting on the orders of their government , Lebanese soldiers prevented the Palestinians from entering border villages and ordered them back into the strip of " no-man 's land " separating the " security zone " from Lebanon proper . |
| 27 | Should one of the fry slip from the nest the male will catch it in his mouth and spit it back into the nest . |
| 28 | Expel the remaining clear suspension and draw it back into the syringe several times to break up clumps of cells . |
| 29 | Tammuz leapt up and guided him back into the corridor . |
| 30 | Ormanroyd and he 's got round Laws and pulls it back into the danger area but the cross defended well . |