Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] back a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was the news that El Daba airfield was not being used , though Jellicoe had brought back a couple of German prisoners who freely volunteered the information that this was the most important of their forward airfields . |
| 2 | There was a lot of ‘ You unreliable bitch ’ and quite a few ‘ selfish ’ and ‘ dopey ’ cracks before Carol managed to fight back a bit and shout , ‘ All right , I 'll get us some food . ’ |
| 3 | In a case which occurred some time between 1037 and 1054 , the abbot of Marmoutier complained in Geoffrey Martel 's court that a certain Bouchard had seized back a mill which his brother , with Bouchard 's consent , had earlier bestowed on the abbey . |
| 4 | He could have sworn Mrs Crumwallis had to bite back a demand for the equivalent in money . |
| 5 | Edward , brooding , remembered a summer long ago when Helen had brought back a schoolfriend and he had felt pushed aside , abandoned . |
| 6 | Rose had moved back a little to stand in front of one of the shop windows , scanning the crowd with knowing eyes . |
| 7 | This made her look slightly ridiculous and McKillop had to fight back a smile . |
| 8 | French relief workers claimed that the Djibouti government and French army officers stationed in Djibouti had sent back a group of refugees across the border into an inhospitable desert region of Ethiopia on June 2 ; however , the French Foreign Ministry denied that there had been any forcible expulsions from Djibouti . |