Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 … |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | How clearly it had all come back to her — even the piping treble of her own childish voice . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | But she still did n't have any idea why he had suddenly barged back into her life like this . |
| 40 | ‘ 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 . |
| 41 | ‘ The notebook had already gone back with another Kazakh climber who had returned early , but I gather that it was written in English . |
| 42 | The French boy looked up sharply at his father , but the familiar expressionless mask had already settled back on his face . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | What about Timo Metsola 's electronics outfit in Finland — where you 've just flown back from ? |
| 45 | 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 . ’ |
| 46 | I 've I 've just come back on that D two stop three . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | No I 've just come back to it and I find my lunch box overflowing with crisp packets . |
| 49 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 50 | They 're always looking forward to going places they 've just come back from , or regretting doing things they have n't yet done . |
| 51 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 52 | ‘ Dear Loretta , ’ she read , ‘ I 've just come back from an official trip to Italy , and I squeezed in a visit to a peace camp while I was there . |
| 53 | ‘ I 've just come back from the Thomas Garlands ’ place , sir . ’ |
| 54 | We 've just come back from Chile , where chemical pollution , factory fishing , and poverty are the everyday reality facing fishermen , slowly destroying their ability to make a living and support their families . |
| 55 | Tell them we 've just come back from that . |
| 56 | I 'm not being rude now , I 've just come back from the Gambia and I have n't stopped |
| 57 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 58 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 59 | ‘ We 've just got back from Southampton , ’ said my mother , as though this circumstance presented a total barrier to further movement . |
| 60 | ‘ You 've just got back from Rhodes , we hear . ’ |