Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] back to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote what must have been the one of the shortest letters of all time , and he wrote back to the editor of The Times and he said , dear sir , in answer to your question what is wrong with the world |
| 2 | He became very dissatisfied and he came back to the U K. |
| 3 | And he went back to the bin . |
| 4 | The dinner , Maxim decided , would be best remembered as ‘ nourishing ’ , and he went back to the ante-room to do something about the taste of it . |
| 5 | So he cries and he goes back to the beach . |
| 6 | And he turned back to the Toyota , reaching in to the rear seat and coming out with the blasting plunger . |
| 7 | But his mouth suddenly tightened and he turned back to the sterilizer in dignified silence . |
| 8 | John Lucero stayed around so long everyone thought he was a local until he went back to the States . |
| 9 | He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil while he went back to the station for assistance . |
| 10 | I do not know whether he went back to the château on his own . |
| 11 | Transfixed by the sudden intensity of his gaze before he turned back to the Empress , she was totally unprepared for what happened next . |
| 12 | He shot a quick look sideways at her before he headed back to the road . |
| 13 | The only ones I 'll let go are Carly and Bill , they 've got ta catch a plane , er train , and Justin 's got to come back before he heads back to the hotel . |
| 14 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 15 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 16 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 17 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 18 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 19 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 20 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 21 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 22 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's a gentleman waiting to see you , ’ says the porter , when he gets back to the hotel . |
| 24 | But he 'd have to drop the lemon tea lark when he went back to the Battalion ; it would be like turning up wearing a frock . |
| 25 | When he went back to the track , Johnson was half the size he was in Seoul . |
| 26 | It was dark when he cycled to his piano lesson , and it was dark when he cycled back to the farm again . |
| 27 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |
| 28 | His face was paper-white when he came back to the table . |
| 29 | He felt rather shy and silly , when he came back to the table with Lalage , skipping along and grabbing for his hand as she went . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I saw the bruise when he came back to the shop on Tuesday evening and I asked him what he 'd done to himself . |