Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You took all of the abuse , the failures and disappointments , and kept on coming back for more .
2 He did n't try to follow Philip , he turned and went off howling back along the ride .
3 She lived in Jesselton and did n't come back to school in England because her mother is a teacher and educated Anne at home in what seemed to me a rather rough and ready fashion .
4 But they , they sailed sort of first thing in the morning and did n't come back till last thing at
5 He had used the rest buying drinks to console himself and had then staggered back to the flat for the night .
6 Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor .
7 By the time he had taken her back to the theatre she felt totally removed from the morning , quite calm , controlled , almost as though she was nothing to do with the Hochhauser Season but had just come back from a week in Vienna staying at a luxury hotel .
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