Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] back [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Lawton and his men seem to have had a fairly trouble-free time of it , because all 15 of them were duly discharged back in London after the seven-month voyage . |
| 2 | Kevin O'Neil suddenly arrived back at Ballytreabhair — ‘ for a wee holiday ’ he explained to his mother . |
| 3 | In the summer of 1617 Best travelled back to Yorkshire to manage the family estate at Elmswell , near Driffield , which had been bought by his father in 1598 , and to supervise the upbringing of his young siblings and half-siblings . |
| 4 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 5 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 6 | He is not expected back in London until after Christmas . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 9 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 13 | We 've just come back from Chile , where chemical pollution , factory fishing , and poverty are the everyday reality facing fishermen , slowly destroying their ability to make a living and support their families . |
| 14 | A sentence such as John and his friend have just come back from New York can be used to illustrate an insertion task . |
| 15 | John and his friend have just come back from New York , you know . |
| 16 | John and his , you know , friend have just come back from New York . |
| 17 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 18 | He 's just come back from Australia |
| 19 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 20 | No he 's just come back from Tunisia on holiday so he 'll need it . |
| 21 | He 's just come back from Belize erm , and he 's they 're , they 're posted to Germany and they leave tomorrow . |
| 22 | One of the men has already come back to Britain voluntarily , the older one is fighting extradition |
| 23 | He stayed in Moscow for two months before he returned to St. Petersburg and soon sailed back to Scotland . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've just got back from Southampton , ’ said my mother , as though this circumstance presented a total barrier to further movement . |
| 28 | Well I c I I 've seen so many things over the year I just do n't believe it until I actually see it and th literally four weeks ago , I 'd just got back from Germany , went on a meeting the following morning and it 's that gentleman there , Steve , and h he 's got some pictures in his pocket which will prove exactly what we 're talking about . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've just got back from Rhodes , we hear . ’ |
| 30 | Pierre Berton , who wrote the books , has just got back from Vancouver . |