Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] back [art] " 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 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 .
3 Titch had cut back the motor and was scanning the shoreline .
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 The woman 's face cleared like magic and she smiled back at him , not missing the subtle compliment he had paid her , and Fran had to bite back an urge to grind her teeth .
9 She bit — savagely at her cuticles again , and McLeish had to fight back the urge to yell at her to stop , for God 's sake .
10 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 .
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