Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] went back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry 's eyes went back and forth under bushy red eyebrows . |
| 2 | Gulliver 's Travels went back to telling fantastic tales , but Swift wrote the book in the same realistic style as Defoe , and took it for granted that his readers would find it quite natural that at the ends of the earth men were just the same as in England — petty , trivial , grasping , and generally unpleasant . |
| 3 | Trent 's thoughts went back to the photograph he had found on Don Roberto 's piano . |
| 4 | While they all took their places along the tables , Tamar 's thoughts went back to similar evenings at Aumery Park Farm . |
| 5 | But Rose 's looks went back to an earlier time with big , wide eyes and strong yet delicate profile . |
| 6 | The inquiry into the squad 's practices went back to 1984 , but Mr Dear was confident that the events of 1974 , when the Birmingham bombings took place , would be re-examined if new evidence was found : ‘ If it was there … |