Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] back for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before darkness fell , and the attempt could be made , Edward 's heralds came back for their answer . |
| 2 | This confirmed everyone 's worst fears , and Stirling radioed back for instructions . |
| 3 | In terms of visiting and recorded contacts with other agencies , the specialist team displayed a clearer pattern of activities than the other teams : while cases remained open they visited more , and did not ‘ monitor only ’ ; if closed and re-opened , cases came back for re-assessment in fewer numbers ; and in both categories the rate of contacts with other agencies was higher . |
| 4 | No , but it be beneficial if it 's Comet and the receipt came back for our insurance from Comet erm |
| 5 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 6 | Leading the way up to Terry 's room , fervently wishing she 'd left this madhouse when she 'd had the chance , Ellie stood back for Terry to enter first . |
| 7 | And the master carpenter and the other lad turned back for Shrewsbury . |
| 8 | Breeze flew back for it , and joined them in the street . |
| 9 | As his sword went back for his final sweep the sullen glow that had been growing in the doorway of the Broken Drum flickered , dimmed , and erupted into a roaring fireball that sent the walls billowing outward and carried the roof a hundred feet into the air before bursting through it , in a gout of red-hot tiles . |
| 10 | As the flames died down and the dancers stood back for the family to precede them upstairs into the Long Room , there was a subtle change in the atmosphere . |
| 11 | Traffic tailed back for twelve miles . |
| 12 | It was boring in the passage but also , it proved , necessary , as one or two passengers came back for a look at the corpse . |
| 13 | Then the Airds came back for something they had forgotten . |
| 14 | ( Three months later , to our mutual delight , The Mortgage Corporation came back for another £100 million . ) |
| 15 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 16 | The proportion of rooms held back for this purpose is renegotiated annually : Winter has agreed to continue the 1985 arrangements over the following summer , i.e. 30 per cent over June-August and 15 per cent in May and September . |
| 17 | After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount . |
| 18 | He spilled some of the machine tea from the plastic cups as he moved , and one of the wizened youths glanced back for a moment in disapproval . |
| 19 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
| 20 | Others struck back for the beach . |
| 21 | Ewen Mackay stood back for him to enter . |
| 22 | While his workmates ran to safety , John turned back for his jacket , and his delay was disastrous . |
| 23 | Melissa glanced back for a moment and watched her plodding stolidly on her way . |
| 24 | You see , it was her shopping Mabel went back for , so she feels responsible . |