Example sentences of "has [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she has shuffled back behind her counter I nod at Jamie 's pile of food . |
| 2 | ‘ Guy has flown back to London . |
| 3 | Given the losses and a circulation that has fallen back to 540,000 , in third place in the race behind the Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph , a premium price could not be expected . |
| 4 | The number of students who have entered chartered accountancy training contracts since the start of the 1992/93 academic year has fallen back to around 1982 levels , according to the Institute . |
| 5 | Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton . |
| 6 | But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back . |
| 7 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 8 | His shirt is frayed at the sleeves where he has rolled back the cuffs , his skin shows brown down the open front , there are small dark hairs , a glistening drop of sweat . |
| 9 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 10 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 11 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 12 | In the 5 years with Maxwell junior at the helm , the club has dropped back into the second division and shows debts of up to £4.5 million . |
| 13 | Hamill , who has dropped back to 34th place in the Challenge Tour order of merit following his recent two-week break , had a three-under par 68 in the third round to leave him with a tournament aggregate of 210 , seven shots behind leader Frederick Larsson of Sweden . |
| 14 | In fact , liberal or not , she has come back to work for the ANC , though her exact capacity is not made clear . |
| 15 | Yet , take an accident like that hair in the gate , put it together with the coincidental gaze of a ghost , and it 's as if Fonda really has come back to life . |
| 16 | The remark by Lord Thomson of Monifieth , then chairman-designate of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , as he emerged from the exacting process of awarding the franchises in the 1980/81 round , has come back to haunt ITV . |
| 17 | Donovan , the folk guru who was a git in the Sixties with grooves such as ‘ Goo Goo Barabajagal ’ and ‘ Mellow Yellow ’ , has come back into vogue . |
| 18 | ‘ Zambia has come back to us , ’ Jahsaxa said , dabbing the side of her mouth with a fingernail . |
| 19 | I went into hospital with chronic bronchitis and emphysema , and the wife meanwhile had a stroke and lost the use of her right arm — most of that has come back except her hand is useless . |
| 20 | ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 21 | You rub your right hand on your left elbow and then move the hand to her ear to see if the coin has come back yet . |
| 22 | Roger Woddis has gone down , so has Jolyon Jenkins , but unfortunately Sarah Baxter has come back up . |
| 23 | BBC2 's recent Rembrandt season confirms that the figure of the artist has come back into fashion . |
| 24 | Keith Parker , manager of the centre where Joanna works , said : ‘ It is absolutely brilliant that she has come back safely . ’ |
| 25 | For this son of mine was dead and has come back to life ; he was lost and is found ( Luke 15:24 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ He said , ‘ Something has come back to haunt me — read the book by Terry Waite ’ , ’ Mr Quarton said . |
| 27 | Porterfield said : ‘ We watched him in action against Barcelona and he has come back to train with us again . |
| 28 | Nobody else has come back from town . ’ |
| 29 | The British-born star said yesterday : ‘ I am afraid it has come back . |
| 30 | He has come back a wiser player and he will add drive to the team . ’ |