Example sentences of "he got back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 2 | As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each . |
| 3 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 4 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 5 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 6 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 7 | Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage . |
| 8 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 9 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |
| 10 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 11 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 12 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 13 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 14 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 15 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 16 | Even when he was small , out hunting , and broke his arm , could n't wait until he got back on the horse , used his stock for a sling and rode home . ’ |
| 17 | When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner . |
| 18 | Clutching the phial of thallium in his pocket he got back into the car . |
| 19 | At 9 o'clock precisely , just as the pips ended and the news began , he got back into the car and drove off . |
| 20 | He got back into the car and she heard the door slam , the engine accelerate and the tyres slide again on the gravel . |
| 21 | He got back into the jeep for shelter . |
| 22 | ‘ Straight on , ’ Ward said as he got back into the driving seat . |
| 23 | ‘ I mean , d' you think he got back from the mission he was on , ’ said Lee , putting his face right up close to the picture . |
| 24 | It would be about seven o'clock when he got back from the cricket match with Patrick . |
| 25 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 26 | ‘ I think Yorick wrote that whole page when he got back from the party . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ That is a pity ’ , with his smiling , still mouth , and he got back in the car and drove away , and Elizabeth went back in the house , and all the day she cried , and I went away to the hills . |
| 28 | It was an illusion of tired eyes , but before he got back in the car he stood , his collar open , looking up at the sky where there was nothing to see but black , and let the water splash down on his open face , his wet shirt clinging to the skin of his chest and belly . |