Example sentences of "[verb] him back to his [adj] " in BNC.

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1 THE CRYING GAME Irish director Neil Jordan 's latest film takes him back to his best territory , the shadowy world of terrorism , crime and sexual deviance .
2 If you have between you driven him back to his old ways , your souls will bear a heavy charge on the Day of Judgement ! ’
3 It is this mixture of compliance and argumentativeness which not only bores and irritates Belville but actually drives him back to his old pursuits — drinking and lechery .
4 He began to take her to antique shops , sought out trade exhibitions of fabrics and contemporary furniture , bought her books on design — on Bauhaus , which brought him back to his own youth , on the Viennese Secession with its decorative flights and insistence on utility .
5 Palmer now thought about testing the idea , and this brought him back to his original thoughts about the helium .
6 They took him back to his own house and shut him upstairs while they sat below and deliberated what to do with him .
7 Never , ’ she defended , then added thoughtfully , ‘ However , if you do get him back to his old city life , you 'll know he 's doing it for you , and you 'll be assured that he really loves you . ’
8 He had been pathetically shy and awkward , and one particularly painful experience had sent him back to his lonely flat with the firm belief that he would die a bachelor .
9 John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable .
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