Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the shepherd eventually limped back to civilisation and told his unlikely tale , the authorities located the treasure and imprisoned the shepherd for theft . |
| 2 | At first they talked easily about David 's chances of demobilisation , and the kind of law he would practise when he eventually got back to London , and his prospects of fighting a reasonably safe seat at the next General Election , but inevitably that led on to Julia 's plans . |
| 3 | Nicholas says his delayed return — he was released last Novemebr , but only came back to Britain a fortnight ago — was due to difficulties in getting back his passport from the Goan authorities . |
| 4 | But er I was away for a week there , I only came back on Saturday . |
| 5 | He only arrived back in England on Tuesday from his sunny Tenerife training camp . |
| 6 | In that way , when the land eventually came back into production farmers would use fewer chemicals which would be even more environmentally friendly . |
| 7 | But the loyalty of those who left to their ‘ house ’ and their village was such that when they were able to they sent money home , and many eventually came back in person , to die where they were born . |
| 8 | Civilisation soon came back into evidence again as we approached the small collection of buildings of North Eggardon Farm . |
| 9 | In front of the stove it soon came back to life , and then he could return it to its mother . |
| 10 | eventually they went bankrupt , Florrie is an of mine , she used to work there part time and she always enjoyed it , she 's been there say twenty years , she just came back from holiday and found the place is closed down and none of for the past er fifteen months he 'd been there , that past fifteen months none of their part time staff had their stamps put on their cards , so for their , for their pension |
| 11 | It was that 's when I just came back from Switzerland I think . |
| 12 | He finally turned back to Barak . |
| 13 | You look like you just landed back on earth or something and it 's a real shock . ’ |
| 14 | Reid felt the first spasm of panic sweeping over him for he knew what Lester was after but Reid just grunted back at Piggott which provided no encouragement at all and he must have been one of the most relieved jockeys in the race to see the starting stalls open for even in the parade beforehand he still had visions of Lester taking over . |
| 15 | And they would always be a perfect reminder , she told herself as they finally struggled back on board , loaded with parcels , none of which she had actually intended to buy . |
| 16 | But after losing her only child , ‘ both she and her husband took to drink and dishonest dealing , and finally went back to South Africa under a cloud . ’ |
| 17 | It helps to put things that you already knew back in focus |
| 18 | Even Jimmy 's early morning blues were not proof against that , and they eventually arrived back at base in a much better humour than when they took off . |
| 19 | When I eventually arrived back at Duxford , I had exactly the same amount of fuel on board that I flew out with ! ’ |
| 20 | We quickly bounced back in Montserrat , yet another heavenly island . |
| 21 | Because the brushes are so springy I was able to splay the hair , using a little force against the support , to distribute colour — the brush hair still bounced back into shape perfectly in spite of this forceful application . |
| 22 | Funny , though , I always came back to Heather . |
| 23 | But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long . |
| 24 | But they always rushed back to London for the first night of every West End show . |
| 25 | FRIENDS of actress Mia Farrow , above , yesterday hit back at claims by her ex-lover Woody Allen that she threatened to kill him . |
| 26 | She studied history at St Hugh 's College , Oxford — early days for a woman — and knew Lewis Carroll , and was taught by one of the best teachers then in the historical school at Oxford , a future Master of Balliol , A. L. Smith , upon whom she always looked back with gratitude . |
| 27 | I tried both violin and piano , but always went back to guitar . ’ |
| 28 | KEITH Fletcher yesterday looked back with regret and forward with concern at the end of England 's disastrous winter tour of India and Sri Lanka . |
| 29 | Creggan involuntarily drew back in fear and alarm . |
| 30 | Mike Fibbins , who like Ruckwood was unable to produce his best at the Barcelona Olympics , also bounced back with victory in the 50 metres freestyle . |