Example sentences of "he lean back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leant back against the door , opened this big overcoat and there , in the inside pocket , was a pint of Guinness with a perfect head on it . |
| 2 | He leant back against the door , his body slowly untensing . |
| 3 | He leant back in the chair . |
| 4 | He leans back against the wall , seeing his face in the cracked , diamond-shaped mirror and he sifts through his thoughts , trying to hold back the vitriol while searching his face for yet more mutations . |
| 5 | He leans back against the mantelpiece with his coffee , mastering the situation , a man of the world entertaining his oldest friend in his mistress 's house . |
| 6 | After dinner he leaned back on the sofa , she sat upright across the room in a matching easy chair . |
| 7 | He leaned back on the padded headboard and smiled at Shelley . |
| 8 | ‘ What is there to get excited about ? ’ said Morris easily , the flesh beneath his chin folding over the top of his collar as he leaned back into the cushions . |
| 9 | He leaned back among the battered brocade and velvet cushions that the sofa had always owned . |
| 10 | After climbing the ancient fence which bordered the pub 's premises , he leaned back against the fence for another breather . |
| 11 | He leaned back against the wall of the KGB building , his knees weak and trembling . |
| 12 | He leaned back against the creaking leather of his seat and said : |
| 13 | He leaned back against the padded settee . |
| 14 | But she rejected the notion as he leaned back against the cushions and took a quick swig of his brandy . |
| 15 | He leaned back against the wall . |
| 16 | He leaned back against the kitchen unit and folded his arms , his eyes skimming over her slim figure suggestively . |
| 17 | He leaned back against the wall , oblivious to the raucous din around us . |
| 18 | He leaned back against the cushions , but there was a stiffness to his movements and a stiffness in his voice . |
| 19 | ‘ Dio mio , ’ he growled , and he leaned back against the wall , folded his arms across his chest , and prepared to wait out the boredom of the long moments ahead . |
| 20 | He leaned back against the door and stuffed his hands into his pockets . |