Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] [vb past] back [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before a Berlin run the crews were always very subdued , and when they came back they were exhausted — if they came back . |
| 2 | And when they got back they had ants in their pants , |
| 3 | And when they got back he put on his working jacket with a sigh of relief and said , ‘ Well , that 's over . ’ |
| 4 | seventy five degrees I mean , and it was really cold and when we got back it was cold as well , it 's only the last four weeks that we 've been able to use the outdoor pools again |
| 5 | Then we 'd go on a ten- to twenty-mile march and when we came back it would all be weighed again . |
| 6 | Oh , I could n't cos we ran out , and when we came back it was ten o clock and I thought , well . |
| 7 | Easier to imagine him here , thinking : ‘ Is it worth it ? ’ , for if he rolled his rock up this slope he would come to a heap of rubbish — and when it rolled back it would end up in another even bigger heap . |
| 8 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 9 | For a moment I looked away , and when I looked back he was gone . |
| 10 | And when I got back I had ants in my pants , |
| 11 | Then in late July I had my clubs stolen again I had left them for ten minutes at about 9.30pm and when I came back they were gone and it was at the time when I was about to play in two large junior competitions . |
| 12 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ All I know is that I left Freda a jolly-looking woman and when I came back she was altered . |
| 14 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 15 | I do n't know but well I remember going out shopping and when I came back you 'd got |
| 16 | Markby battled his way back to the bar to place their order and when he came back they sat and looked shiftily at one another . |
| 17 | And they sent Alan off for his dinner in the hospital canteen and when he came back I 'd gone . |
| 18 | ‘ Hoskyns ’ , said one of the astringent colleagues who disapproved of him , ‘ went to Berlin and they muddled his mind and when he came back he could never get it unmuddled . ’ |
| 19 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 20 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |
| 21 | And when he came back he got a job in Marks and Spencer 's on the shop floor . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , he does not do that , ’ said Sally-Anne cheerfully ; all her normal brio had returned , and she was not going to allow Dr Neil to put her down , and when he came back she gave him her most dazzling smile , and prepared to do battle with him , whenever battle was necessary . |
| 23 | And when he got back he had ants in his pants , |
| 24 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 25 | Silence hung on the air , and when he turned back he saw that Suragai was still watching as if he did not understand what had occurred . |
| 26 | Then at a remote place on the bank of the River Swale he first sexually assaulted her and when she fought back he battered her about the head with a rock or rocks from the bank until he thought she was dead . ’ |
| 27 | We did not promise ; but before we went back I asked them what had happened to the prisoner who had looked so funny escaping on a mule . |
| 28 | I 'd passed that fella on the road an' when I looked back she was talking to him ; then when I turned the cart into the alley the next minute , she was flying past , almost throwing the child at me . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't kick out anyone who did n't perform , but when they came back I would make sure I put them in a safe place , ’ he says . |
| 30 | But when we got back we had to lie down in front of the video for a bit . |