Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he 'd seen Buzz safely on the plane to Nice , he planned to drive back to London , where he would telephone Annabel in New York before seeing Miranda . |
| 2 | " Not bad — not bad at all , " replied Joseph hurriedly and he tried to lean back against the cushions in the same careless fashion as his brother while the two rickshaws rolled on together side by side through the light traffic . |
| 3 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 4 | Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease . |
| 5 | He tried to think back to the first Mystery he had seen , but he could only remember ‘ Eve ’ as that unshaven , white-skinned man who had left them outside the lock-up in Greathaven and gone to find work on the boats . |
| 6 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 7 | He tried to get back to the drawing room unheard , but she was waiting . |
| 8 | When he stopped to look back along the road , he saw two cars draw up in front of his home , one after the other . |
| 9 | Tremayne 's own mood appeared to be a deepening depression over the evening 's finale , and I was sorry because he deserved to look back with enjoyment . |
| 10 | He 'd gone back into the hotel , trying to act casually , and had hovered in reception looking at the magazines in the hardcovers , watching the man explaining to the people in the hut and coming back inside , which confirmed Cormack 's suspicions . |
| 11 | He 'd gone back to his stew , and silence . |
| 12 | He liked his porter , but if he 'd gone back to the stable … |
| 13 | If he 'd gone back to Zimbala it would have brought disgrace on the family . |
| 14 | ‘ … but , with their parents in hospital , I feel any such move would be counter-productive , ’ he 'd added curtly , dismissing the subject as he 'd turned back to the pile of papers in front of him . |
| 15 | He 'd begun back in the fifties as a prison officer . |
| 16 | She 'd assumed he 'd driven back to London , but maybe he had n't . |
| 17 | They bartered their grain for the salt he 'd brought back from the border , where he traded with Tibetans who 'd scraped it from the arid salt-lakes and carried it south on yaks across the windswept dust-blown plateau lands . |
| 18 | Sometimes I imagined that he 'd sneaked back into the country and was leading another life . |
| 19 | He 'd stayed there ( ‘ in Didcart ’ ) much longer than he 'd intended ; and when finally he tore himself away from the Cornish Riviera and the Torbay Express he 'd walked back to Didcot Parkway Station at about five o'clock , and caught the next train back to Oxford , where he 'd , er , where he 'd had a quick drink in the Station Buffet . |
| 20 | As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him . |
| 21 | Surprising that he 'd talked back to them , yes . |
| 22 | Then he came roaring back down the road in a cold fury . |
| 23 | He was climbing on the barrier so he came to go back into the room to tell you what he was doing when Dale fell . ’ |
| 24 | He came running back from the grave the day we reached here , saying someone had been tampering , and we could scarcely believe it . |
| 25 | Then suddenly he seemed to sag back into his seat , his hand reaching slowly for the pen I was still holding out to him . |
| 26 | No , ’ he added turning back to his wife , ‘ you must have something . |
| 27 | He turned to go back along the gallery , then stopped and looked back at her . |
| 28 | He turned to waddle back into his house . |
| 29 | He turned to look back at where the doorway to the stairs stood in the gloom . |
| 30 | I tried to run , desperately hoping the driver would wait but , even better , he turned to come back for me . |