Example sentences of "he [vb past] back from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , d' you think he got back from the mission he was on , ’ said Lee , putting his face right up close to the picture . |
| 2 | It would be about seven o'clock when he got back from the cricket match with Patrick . |
| 3 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 4 | ‘ I think Yorick wrote that whole page when he got back from the party . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know what to do when he came back from the zone . |
| 6 | He came back from the loo and I had to stop myself telling him what I 'd found out and that it did n't seem silly or neurotic or hopeless or anything , but just very thoughtful and touching . |
| 7 | Elliott Gabellah , vice president of the Rhodesian ANC , met us the day after he came back from the independence celebrations . |
| 8 | Joe found her there when he came back from the vegetable field . |
| 9 | But , always kind : " Well , Robert , dear fellow , " she crooned when he came back from the bar ( where he had bought a third bottle of champagne ) . |
| 10 | He is 33 , he appears unstoppable , and he is perfectly aware that he came back from the grave . |
| 11 | He came back from the doorway and sat down . |
| 12 | He turned back from the door and into the kitchen . |
| 13 | Now , he turned back from the window again , full of grief . |
| 14 | He walked back from the shop and the plate of meat and potatoes was put in front of him with a regularity that would have pleased an army officer . |
| 15 | He stepped back from the door . |
| 16 | I persuaded a friend of mine to visit the summit one evening and he was so taken in by the view that he stepped back from the trig point and disappeared over the edge of the crag that crowns the top . |
| 17 | He stepped back from the window and rejoined the German . |
| 18 | He stepped back from the console and whispered to the Cell . |
| 19 | He stepped back from the microphone and lowered his gaze , lost in painful emotion . |
| 20 | He looked back from the road , and could still see her in her white dress , standing modestly apart from the dancers . |
| 21 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
| 22 | Panting , heart pounding , he stood back from the door and waited , safe in the knowledge that the dog was too big to squeeze herself through the gap allowed by the safety-chain . |