Example sentences of "went [adv prt] home " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's about time I went back home . |
| 2 | A girl who became a Christian at university went back home to her sceptical parents . |
| 3 | Nigel went back home empty-handed and downhearted . |
| 4 | Abroad they were feted , courted like film stars but always in the security of a group ; then when they went back home they were expected to slip from their previous lifestyles into houses that sometimes had no hot water or inside w.c . |
| 5 | I went back home by taxi because it was too dark for the helicopter to fly , and I 'm afraid I do not travel as well by road . |
| 6 | The 10–10 draw against Hong Kong on the first day of the tournament upset their plans and despite their brave performance against eventual winners Namibia — at one point Zimbabwe were leading 10–0 — they went back home empty-handed . |
| 7 | When his money had gone he went back home , in time for Christmas . |
| 8 | He went back home and returned later to make a watercolour of it . |
| 9 | Sobered , she went back home , told Philip that the gas would be on . |
| 10 | who studied her in gaol , then went back home and did |
| 11 | I went back home to Burford and settled in . |
| 12 | At this stage I gave up , went back home and retired to a half-darkened room to read the paper . |
| 13 | ‘ I went back home . |
| 14 | but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the |
| 15 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 16 | At festivals she went back home and often stayed away for several days , despite the knowledge that her late return would meet with an endless round of angry curses . |
| 17 | When I 'd had a bite and patrolled the area , I went back home to sit on the garage roof and have a leisurely wash . |
| 18 | A fantasy , but a lovely one , and one that she would miss when she went back home . |
| 19 | ‘ We do a lot of restoration work , and when she went back home on a visit she took a brochure which showed the sort of stuff we do . |
| 20 | I only got inside the front door cos it 's Tuesday night her night in the kitchen , so I went back home and he did n't half swear at me , he said you bloody well go again you want your head tested , I could have cried I thought oh well cos I did n't feel like rushing around |
| 21 | No , cos one of them kept going up to London for the we week and then went back home at the weekends and he had this lovely house ! |
| 22 | And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour . |