Example sentences of "went back [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly — she hoped — not Luke himself , and while her acquaintance with Florian Jones went back to their high-school days in South Africa , she knew he was impervious to anything that did not affect him directly . |
| 2 | Then they went back to their separate homes , to their men , trying to balance the love and the hate in their hearts . |
| 3 | Feeling vaguely foolish , the pair went back to their own room . |
| 4 | Violet and Eddie then went back to their respective boarding schools , paid for by Granny Macleod , which only stepped up Perdita 's paranoia and jealousy . |
| 5 | His mind went back to their brief conversation of the night before : ‘ I want to see you , ’ she had said , ‘ now . ’ |
| 6 | The PVO rebels went back to their old game of harassing the Karens who had been restless ever since their claims to a separate state on ambitious lines had failed . |
| 7 | Unfortunately they went back to their bad old ways during the autumn in the championship , but they have now regained that hungry look which can only spell trouble for their rivals . |