Example sentences of "he [verb] back [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at night when he sleeps , he drifts back 20 miles . |
| 2 | When he came back several minutes later , he was still smiling . |
| 3 | He came back several times , quite convinced that only a little greater effort would supply him with the treat he had in mind . |
| 4 | ‘ He came back this morning but his journey was long . |
| 5 | ‘ One fishermen told me he saw seals in the area where he shot 20 creels and when he came back 20 minutes later they were all robbed . |
| 6 | But he came back three days later crying his eyes out and begging me to forgive him , he looked like a helpless puppy . |
| 7 | When he arrived back last night he was so happy about his love and wanting to marry Maria Luisa I could n't burst his bubble so soon . |
| 8 | but it , he paid back five quid well Geoffrey said in reality it must of been about twenty quid that kid had taken but er he said they made him pay back five pounds , so at least they |
| 9 | Ralph Brand sent a looping header towards goal , and though the Scotland Under-21 goalkeeper caught it above his head , he stepped back one pace and over the line . |
| 10 | He pulled back one curtain and looked at his watch . |
| 11 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |
| 12 | He rang back several times to say that the word was ‘ no . ’ |
| 13 | He brought back 360 glass negatives of views of the battlefield and portraits of soldiers . |
| 14 | He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack . |
| 15 | cos he comes back next Friday and we 're on lates so he 's on earlies so |