Example sentences of "he [verb] back in the " 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 the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He came back in the evening , bringing Lyn a fieldmouse . |
| 7 | Noticed when he came back in the afternoon , while he was talking to Rose . |
| 8 | He came back in the middle of the morning and his eyes met Jenna 's at once . |
| 9 | ‘ He was OSS , then in London at the time of Winter Garden , then he came back in the mid-Sixties . |
| 10 | Instinctively , he hung back in the shelter of a rock . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He settled back in the seat and closed his eyes . |
| 13 | He slumped back in the seat . |
| 14 | He slumped back in the armchair after she had left . |
| 15 | He lounged back in the chair , a commanding figure , despite his ancient white fisherman 's sweater and salt-stained jeans . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He leant back in the chair . |
| 18 | Determined to try again , he crossed back in the Lusitania , and survived its sinking on 7 May 1915 . |
| 19 | Gritting his teeth he lay back in the chair and forced himself to relax . |
| 20 | He relaxed back in the chair . |
| 21 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
| 22 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
| 23 | He sat back in the chair . |
| 24 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
| 25 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
| 26 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
| 27 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
| 28 | ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her . |
| 29 | He hurried back in the direction of the 17th . |
| 30 | He stood back in the street , the rain stinging his eyes , wetting him to the skin , getting in his mouth and eyes ; warm rain , huge hard drops , slicking and sticking the clothes to his body ; erotic , making his heart beat faster in a sudden , squally sexual fantasy ; she would invite him in … no , better yet , she would turn up in the street , having been out , also wet to the skin , she would look at him … they would go in … |