Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 2 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 3 | They were ready now , and he led them back to the Saloon . |
| 4 | But even before the trustees commenced their search , the looming rudderlessness of their ship led them back to none other than Mr Brettell himself . |
| 5 | She then rejoined the others outside , and the Doctor led them back to the TARDIS . |
| 6 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 7 | Michael Banks led them back in , saying , ‘ No , I 'm sorry , Paul . |
| 8 | The head keeper shrugged and led them back up a passageway to a cleaner empty cell . |
| 9 | Gaveston led them back to the heart of the palace whence a servitor took them up to a chamber high in the building . |
| 10 | In disgust the guide led them back to the car park , where they overtipped to avoid a scene and got away without trouble . |
| 11 | He then led them back to the safety of the Allied trenches . |
| 12 | He asked me back for lunch after the Eucharist . |
| 13 | " My mother is threatening to dismiss all the staff unless I tell her which one of them admitted me back into the house last night . |
| 14 | ‘ And then there 's George Harrison on ‘ All Things Must Pass ’ , and The Stones ; I was a massive Stones fan , and like a lot of white middle-class American kids , it was The Stones that led me back into listening to a lot of early blues . |
| 15 | He led me back through the empty-ward to the other end . |
| 16 | Oxford led me back to Nottingham : whilst at St Antony 's I came across some pamphlets published by Spokesman — the imprint of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd , where I have spent nine of the last twelve years . |
| 17 | He led me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends . |
| 18 | I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm . |
| 19 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 20 | Once he had gone , Benjamin led me back to the stable . |
| 21 | He led me back into the house and up to Southgate 's chamber . |
| 22 | Benjamin rose and , slipping his arm through mine , led me back to the garden , teasing me into a good mood as he explained how he had found Waldegrave drunk as a lord and insensible as a rock in a corner of his opulent chapel . |
| 23 | Each time , like , I 've learned not to do this because that 's what got me back into it the last time . |
| 24 | ‘ You got me back . |
| 25 | Barak instinctively stuffed them back into his pocket then rubbed his hands together nervously . |
| 26 | She collected up the letters and stuffed them back , higgledy-piggledy , into their brown paper and cardboard nest . |
| 27 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 28 | The tears threatened , but she fought them back . |
| 29 | Blinking , she fought them back , aware of their actual withdrawal . |
| 30 | She smiled , ‘ But I made sure I got them back again , mind . ’ |