Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] back from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But North had at least a half-promise of another honour : Adolfo Calero revealed that the contras had plans to put up a statue of him in Managua , just as soon as they had won it back from the Sandinistas . |
| 2 | At the end of the bed was a small card-table which Changez bought for her as a wedding present ; I 'd carried it back from a local junk shop . |
| 3 | He was rewarded by the happiness which showed in Pam 's eyes , when he told her he was quite sure she had indeed called him back from the brink of death . |
| 4 | The last two singles , ‘ Dragging Me Down ’ and ‘ Two Worlds Collide ’ , and new one ‘ Generations ’ have pulled them back from the margins that the rambling excesses of ‘ The Beast Inside ’ threatened to confine them to . |
| 5 | And before that he had brought her back from the world , home again into the enclave of the Scarabae . |
| 6 | By the teethmarks in Heather 's T-shirt we knew Penny had pulled her back from the stairs — Heather 's body did n't have a mark on it . |
| 7 | It was true that she had literally brought him back from the dead . |
| 8 | A past boyfriend had brought it back from a holiday near Genoa . |
| 9 | Ivan had held him back from the bedroom by force . |