Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again . |
| 2 | It amused me to think back to my life in London . |
| 3 | ‘ No , David asked me to go back for coffee but I refused . ’ |
| 4 | Well I had a phone call , well it was there on Tuesday they asked me , they asked Fred asked me to ring back Wednesday morning so she rang me |
| 5 | I was , moreover , amused by the juxtaposition of names in the Bedford High Street — Blood , Sand , DeAth : the bullring , of course ! — which made me think back to my Special Subject paper in the Finals , on the Spanish Background of English Literature . |
| 6 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 7 | Then after that , when I started writing more songs , people were saying ‘ Oh , that song of yours sounds like so-and-so , ’ which made me dig back to find out what they were talking about , back to music like The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , The Velvet Underground , Jimi Hendrix , Neil Young . |
| 8 | ‘ You promised me to hurry back before you 're missed . ’ |
| 9 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 10 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 11 | I had a grand day at sea , but although the tide helped me to get back the wind did n't , and I used the engine to get back into the Crouch . |
| 12 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 13 | Then he told me to go back home and explain to Mum . |
| 14 | A poignant reflection on the situation occurs in the entries for Thursday and Friday , October 10th and 11th Thursday : ‘ Had a terrible row today ; Elfed told me to go back to Pontrhydyfen . |
| 15 | The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology . |
| 16 | He told me to go back and try again . ’ |
| 17 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 18 | After signing a four-year contract Jones , 27 , said : ‘ I see this as my apprenticeship towards management and supremo Sam Hammam told me to come back and look forward to that . |
| 19 | He told me to come back , and bring the cup . ’ |
| 20 | She told me to come back to get my blood pressure checked again . |
| 21 | He told me to come back after I 'd starved off ten pounds . ’ |
| 22 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 23 | She begged me to go back . |
| 24 | Lisabeth appeared in her doorway as she heard me coming back up . |
| 25 | While he talked I sank back gratefully with my duty-free . |
| 26 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 27 | I had just seen Dad and another man carrying a tool box to safety when a loud shout from a policeman sent me scurrying back from my vantage point . |
| 28 | And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing . |
| 29 | I lived with my father , then when my father died I came back to this country . |
| 30 | Why did I come back ? |