Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father pleaded with the elder brother and tried to point out to him that it was only right to celebrate for it was as if the younger son had come back to life from the dead . |
| 2 | She looked at the baby , also drenched in tears , and found he had come back to life . |
| 3 | It was as if Lady Lavinia herself had come back to life , and sat staring at her out of the malevolence in her soul . |
| 4 | He told the doctors all about how my dad had come back to life in this grey cardigan and had told him the secrets of the universe . |
| 5 | When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action . |
| 6 | It was the end of Ramadan and the Old City , funereal for the last month , had sprung back to life with a vengeance . |
| 7 | They found the cutting and scrambled down the slopes of the cutting enjoying the freedom , the old hut looked interesting and they soon explored the area , that had reverted back to nature . |
| 8 | The teachers had suddenly ended their strike , and the four youngest children had gone back to school . |
| 9 | Steve had gone back to school , where he kept his head down and avoided his enemies ; he felt as if the whole school was his enemy . |
| 10 | His work finished , or perhaps even abandoned , he had gone back to Water Gypsy , expecting her to be there . |
| 11 | The previous day he had started back to work , to be followed by this front-page exclusive . |