Example sentences of "the [noun] have [adv] [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The kids have never looked back . |
| 2 | ‘ When I realised the ring had probably gone back to England that was one of the first things I checked . ’ |
| 3 | He never let Liverpool down , but the management have always gone back to Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 4 | Since the 1900s , despite the increasing numbers of the elderly , the proportion has again fallen back by more than a third . |
| 5 | The Chancellor has also cut back tax relief on relocation packages for employees . |
| 6 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |
| 7 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 8 | The sky had now stripped back to blue as he entered slowly and with a surge of pleasure into the cut of Buttermere . |
| 9 | By the Middle Ages the river had gradually cut back through the neck of land at this side of the rise , until it cut right through to where it runs now . |
| 10 | The woman , the baby and the speaker had already gone back inside . |
| 11 | She had pressed the pinafored lady for confirmation that she had understood her last question , but the answer had still come back ‘ one week ’ . |
| 12 | One of the men has already come back to Britain voluntarily , the older one is fighting extradition |
| 13 | ‘ The notebook had already gone back with another Kazakh climber who had returned early , but I gather that it was written in English . |
| 14 | The excitement had all come back . |