Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] back to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 2 | One of the men has already come back to Britain voluntarily , the older one is fighting extradition |
| 3 | Mia has now flown back to America with the one-year-old dog , which she has named Tip because it came from Co Tipperary . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know , ’ he went on , ‘ that you 'd already gone back to England . |
| 5 | By Paul Byrne chief reporter A GROUP of British Rail workers who were being paid thousands of pounds to do nothing have finally gone back to work . |
| 6 | ‘ My family were Huguenots , my lady , and therefore unwanted in la belle France , ’ D'Alembord 's contemptuous scorn for France made the Countess bridle , but he had already turned back to Lucille . |
| 7 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 8 | Others present included Lord David Cecil , who had lately come back to Oxford to teach English Literature at New College , and Adam Fox , the college chaplain . |
| 9 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 10 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 11 | ‘ When I realised the ring had probably gone back to England that was one of the first things I checked . ’ |
| 12 | Consequently , when he had found suitable accommodation , his wife and children had also gone back to England . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | One archer had really gone back to basics ; he had started making his own bows by means of trial and error and a book from the library . |
| 15 | Maybe the girl had n't reported back to Myeloski , told him that she had failed to seduce him . |
| 16 | In the silence of the return journey she had almost slipped back to tranquillity and , oddly enough , it had helped to have him there beside her . |
| 17 | I was quite sure of that for my father had again gone back to Rye marshes to reinforce the defences . |
| 18 | ‘ As I heard it , my lord , he 's already gone back to Hereford . ’ |
| 19 | He never let Liverpool down , but the management have always gone back to Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 20 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |