Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] i got back " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Rudd Cup football medal would nestle in its cotton wool till I got back in the holidays . |
| 2 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a message from you on the tape when I got back last night . |
| 4 | A mass of mail when I got back here — replies saying NO for example for the part time post of editor of the Episcopal Church paper up here and a NO from a firm opening up a new range of discount grocery stores . |
| 5 | I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ? |
| 6 | I said my farewells to Salome and her sisters and shook hands with Erich , who gave me a sheaf of letters to airmail when I got back to Hong Kong . |
| 7 | ‘ The dawn chorus was on the doorstep when I got back , clutching a bloody great bunch of half-dead daffodils . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The Duchess of Richmond 's Ball before Waterloo — every night since I got back . ’ |
| 9 | The day after I got back from Moscow , I set out for Philadelphia , where I was due to receive a medal from the Franklin Institute . |
| 10 | I needed a rest when I got back . |
| 11 | I still had to do homework when I got back home because nobody knew how quickly the floods would disappear so there was still the possibility of school tomorrow . |
| 12 | Harvey was at the flat when I got back . |
| 13 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |
| 14 | I was so green I did n't know what was behind it and boasted that I could become Judge 's Baby when I got back to the dressing-room . |
| 15 | My father was asleep in a deckchair in the front garden when I got back . |
| 16 | Bill Francis had rung me from Marcus half an hour before I got back . |
| 17 | I forgot to take a couple when I got back to England . |
| 18 | I mean , she did n't ask anything , she just gave me a look when I got back . |
| 19 | Mrs Clamp was at the house when I got back , unloading the huge wicker hopper on the front of her ancient bike which lay propped against the kitchen table . |
| 20 | ‘ I was really impressed by what I saw and as a result started learning about magic when I got back to London , ’ he recalls . |