Example sentences of "back to [pers pn] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , they might send me an application form back and then I 'll send it back to them and they get an interview . |
| 2 | I phoned them last week and said you know have you got any suggestions , and they said they 'd come back to me and they have n't . |
| 3 | But the new bloke sent it back to me and it went on to win six races , and I felt so sick for the lads . |
| 4 | She handed the glass back to him and he returned it to the restaurant . |
| 5 | I gave it back to him and he took some , then he gave it back to me . |
| 6 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 7 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 8 | As she began each one , Mum 's words came back to her and she felt her cheeks growing hot . |
| 9 | He turned his face back to her and she shook as if with a sudden , electric shock . |
| 10 | No I 've just come back to it and I find my lunch box overflowing with crisp packets . |
| 11 | You 've only done about two words , then you have a break and then you go back to it and you get another three or four . |
| 12 | Her eyes darted back to his and she studied him before parting her lips to give him his answer . |
| 13 | Her eyes flew back to his and she swallowed painfully . |