Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You 'd better come back in the house and dry your shoes and socks , ’ said Betty . |
| 32 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | That was er I 'd just got back from work . |
| 35 | The duvet , I 'd just taken back from the dry cleaners ! |
| 36 | ‘ I did n't know , ’ he went on , ‘ that you 'd already gone back to England . |
| 37 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 38 | He 'd never settled back into civilian life , and after telling his family at Wood Burcote in Northamptonshire that he was going camping in France , wrote to say he 'd enlisted with the Croats . |
| 39 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 40 | By Paul Byrne chief reporter A GROUP of British Rail workers who were being paid thousands of pounds to do nothing have finally gone back to work . |
| 41 | Having recently came back from canoeing in Austria where canoeists , fishermen and landowners all enjoy what nature has provided , it certainly dates what canoeists have to put up with in parts of this country . |
| 42 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |
| 43 | How clearly it had all come back to her — even the piping treble of her own childish voice . |
| 44 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 45 | But she still did n't have any idea why he had suddenly barged back into her life like this . |
| 46 | ‘ 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 . |
| 47 | ‘ The notebook had already gone back with another Kazakh climber who had returned early , but I gather that it was written in English . |
| 48 | The French boy looked up sharply at his father , but the familiar expressionless mask had already settled back on his face . |
| 49 | She had not gone back to whoring , but eked out a miserable living as a washerwoman , for which she lacked the stamina . |
| 50 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 51 | The show was over , and Sweetheart had not come back for him . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 54 | But no , she could not ride tomorrow , her boots had not come back from the shoemaker 's . |
| 55 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | What about Timo Metsola 's electronics outfit in Finland — where you 've just flown back from ? |
| 58 | In fact , I 've just flown back from the States today , and you 'll be glad to hear that the doctors assured me that Liz and Owen are on the road to a full recovery . ’ |
| 59 | I 've I 've just come back on that D two stop three . |
| 60 | I 've been working abroad for the last twenty years , I 've just come back to the U K and my family 's all died , and I do n't know anybody , and I 'm going to start off working here . |