Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] had [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dean Acheson had commented back in 1962 , Britain had indeed lost an empire yet failed to find a post-imperial role . |
| 2 | So regretfully Sven Svennsen had to go back to Sweden . |
| 3 | As I entered , Miss Kenton had turned back to the window . |
| 4 | Dustin Hoffman had come back with Rainman , but Warren had n't done anything . |
| 5 | Mr Friel had staggered back towards his friend 's house and they had heard him shouting for help . |
| 6 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 7 | Mr Ahmed had gone back to Birmingham and the family heard that he was living with another woman . |
| 8 | Mr Delors claimed Mr Major had gone back on his word that Britain would help fund the EC-backed High Definition TV , being developed by France and Holland . |
| 9 | Sam Somerville had come back into the room , shouting at the bugs : ‘ He 's gone . |
| 10 | She had nagged at her mother for insisting on cooking everything herself , although she always did it , however formal the occasion or long the guest list , she had gone on and on until Mrs Roberts had snapped back in her turn , furiously . |
| 11 | The prosecution argued that the Newleys had driven down together from London ; after the murder , Mrs Newley had driven back in her husband 's car , and parked it near their home ; no doubt she hoped that the trip to Hampshire would never come to light . |
| 12 | It was n't so bad , not after the things Jazzbeaux had seen back in Spanish Fork . |
| 13 | ‘ What a charming picture you both make , ’ he said , sinking wearily into the chair Jules had drawn back for him . |
| 14 | Dunwoody was surprised when the judge called him the winner on Remittance Man in the opening Bristol Novice Hurdle , believing Peter Scudamore had got back in the final strides on the favourite Regal Ambition after being headed halfway up the run-in . |
| 15 | In it were copies of the records Karr had brought back with him from Mars : Berdichev 's personal files , taken from the corpse of his private secretary three days before Karr had caught up with Berdichev himself . |
| 16 | It would certainly be necessary to make some further enquiries among the tourists , particularly about their activities during the key period between the time Kemp had arrived back in Oxford , and the pre-dinner drinks when everyone except Eddie Stratton , it appeared , was accounted for . |
| 17 | By the time Maggie had to go back to London they had never felt closer in warmth , even happiness . |
| 18 | He had seen the original in Berdichev 's papers more than a year ago , amongst the material Karr had brought back with him from Mars , but had never thought to see another . |
| 19 | In my babyhood , he had asked the great Australian centre Dave Brown to let me be photographed with an enormous stuffed lion Brown had brought back from a Kangaroo tour of Great Britain . |