Example sentences of "they [vb past] [vb pp] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 2 | The rebels in Makati calmly bargained for surrender terms which , they insisted , should include her own resignation — and the terms behind the government 's report that they had gone back to barracks were not immediately clear this morning . |
| 3 | By lunchtime on the 29th they had climbed back to 69p . |
| 4 | The kids ? ’ he said when they had got back to his digs . |
| 5 | When they had walked back to the car , his father had offered him one of the fish . |