Example sentences of "[noun sg] he had [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesday , he swallowed his pride , banked Dysart 's cheque and purchased a car with most of what remained from the cash he had brought back from Rhodes . |
| 2 | The previous day he had started back to work , to be followed by this front-page exclusive . |
| 3 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 4 | When she 'd closed the case he had sunk back on the pillow , a thin smile on his face , his lips tinged with yellow . |
| 5 | The way he had fought back from that position showed that the grit demonstrated in all those celluloid heroes was not just acting . |
| 6 | By the time he had arrived back at the Hotel Colombi he had decided . |