Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] back [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea . |
| 5 | At last week-end 's ICA conference , the film generated a single comment , from a producer on Channel 4 's Out series , Claire Beavan , who had just come back from America where she was making a programme about Hollywood homophobia . |
| 6 | Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time . |
| 7 | I thought of the most dedicated cricket fanatic I had ever known back in South Africa — a man who despite repeated heart attacks , doctors ' warnings and family entreaties to stop playing the game , had persisted with club cricket to the end , in his sixties diving after slip catches as recklessly as he had in his teens . |
| 8 | ‘ When I realised the ring had probably gone back to England that was one of the first things I checked . ’ |
| 9 | Consequently , when he had found suitable accommodation , his wife and children had also gone back to England . |
| 10 | I was quite sure of that for my father had again gone back to Rye marshes to reinforce the defences . |