Example sentences of "he went back to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So he went back to a boy — one of the best , came highly recommended .
2 He went back to the telephone , prompted by the recollection of an awkward scene where he had been made to feel unwelcome , a situation created by a man to whom he had taken a dislike .
3 In the afternoon he went back to the mill , and in the evening he studied his books and papers .
4 He went back to the mill because he knew he belonged there .
5 Angry , he went back to the ticket-window .
6 He went back to the map .
7 Then he went back to the attack .
8 He went back to the field .
9 He went back to the carrel , seized his pen and continued to write out everything he knew .
10 With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches .
11 He waited for some minutes , then , very quietly and carefully , he went back to the door of her dressing-room .
12 He went back to the door and kicked it shut , then prowled towards her .
13 The next day he went back to the factory and found out the time of the funeral .
14 He went back to the hall .
15 He went back to the hall and listened .
16 He went back to the dinner-table .
17 But he 'd have to drop the lemon tea lark when he went back to the Battalion ; it would be like turning up wearing a frock .
18 After two hours , he went back to the Treasury and wrote his resignation letter .
19 He went back to the girl , sat down on the opposite side of the desk and gave a brisk nod .
20 When he reached the last machine he went back to the beginning and played them all again .
21 I cried all night when he went back to the army .
22 While he still had five fingers under his command he went back to the window and dropped Estabrook 's letter through , murmuring the address with a tongue that felt disfigured in his mouth .
23 He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil while he went back to the station for assistance .
24 He went back to the kitchen .
25 He went back to the bike and unlocked one of the panniers , coming back with a colourful helmet .
26 Then he went back to the bathroom and turned off the taps .
27 He went back to the ballet , he said , after a period of doubt , because he walked into a studio and saw a young woman putting her feet into the rosin box to stop her shoes from slipping : the familiar action , a mixture of habit and discipline and grace , made him realize where his heart belonged .
28 Then he went back to the coffee counter , where two girls were talking about pop singers .
29 He went back to the piano and sat looking at the keys — afraid to play .
30 Several times he went back to the spot where he had hidden the sack as though unable to believe it had gone .
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