Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] back for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 2 | I belong to a family which goes back for 14 centuries . |
| 3 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |
| 4 | Those thrills prompt you to come back for more but they 're often reinforced by a swirling hotch-potch of memories . |
| 5 | When she was hit over the head with a brick and put off work for four months , she came back for more . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a brave man if you go back for another of these things , ’ he adds , gesturing at a dodgy-looking sausage sandwich . |
| 7 | ‘ You come back for some papers . ’ |
| 8 | Your Mum 's a , and they fuck her and they slap her and she comes back for more . |
| 9 | So anyway off we goes course when we come back for half an hour at ten o'clock well out of the other machine were n't it ? |
| 10 | I rarely see any of them coming back for more . ’ |
| 11 | And they came back for another fortnight of re-building ! |
| 12 | I have no research to prove that it is an effective relaxation technique , but everyone who has experienced it asks for it when they come back for more treatment . ’ |
| 13 | I have no research to prove that it is an effective relaxation technique , but everyone who has experienced it asks for it when they come back for more treatment . ’ |
| 14 | No one knew how the Lāmri god acquired his reputation for treating mad dogs , but it dated back for several generations . |
| 15 | Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more . |
| 16 | Charles reappeared , after half an hour 's absence , and threw himself into an armchair , where he lay back for some time with his eyes shut . |
| 17 | And if you sold it come back for another one . |
| 18 | Go for local dishes and you 'll find yourself going back for more . |