Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] back for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 2 | Finally in despair they turned back for the fleet , but on approaching this , the ships all scattered under the impression that an enemy torpedo raid was coming in . |
| 3 | Do you think there 's any chance of him coming back for the opening of — ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He came back for the church 's centenary , ’ Mr Hickman recalled . |
| 5 | He went back for the woman pedestrian he knocked down near a busy roundabout and helped her into his white Sierra car . |
| 6 | He went back for the President , lifting him from behind by both elbows and walking him into the shower with his boxer shorts and his sandals on . |