Example sentences of "he [vb -s] back [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's this thought that remains uppermost in the mind of coach Ian Birtwell as he looks back on those sixteen memorable days in October when Canada came charging so boldly from the ranks of the ‘ possibles ’ to achieve quarter-final status . |
| 2 | He says back in 1963 the trough was due to be broken up to make way for a path . |
| 3 | The social person first moves out of his original position ( role ) ( " the rite of separation " ) ; he then exists for a time in a liminal condition , a threshold of time and space which is outside the ordinary world of secular affairs and is treated as in some way " sacred " ( Van Gennep 's " rite de marge " ) ; finally he moves back into secular society in his new position ( role ) ( " the rite of aggregation " ) . |
| 4 | so er , he goes off and he comes back with three samples then , well one of them , it has been in the window as well , but it 's a very definite diamondy shape |
| 5 | Agnes was nodding her head now , and as she did so she was thinking , I only hope your father does n't find him there when he comes back from one of his trips . |