Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I had stepped back into a thirties ' film and that in the morning , when we went down into the bar for café au lait , Arletty and Jean Gabin would be leaning on the zinc counter . |
| 2 | I feel bitter that while I was out there I was somebody but I 've come back as a third class citizen . |
| 3 | Bewildered , she felt as if she 'd stepped back into a dark cave and was falling into the unknown . |
| 4 | Of course that is n't really allowed , but once you 've got back as a ghost , there 's not much anybody can do to stop you . |
| 5 | She had drawn back from a direct confrontation again , Guy realised . |
| 6 | He is said to have one of the fastest services in Britain and his game proved too powerful for Tony Marti who had hurried back from a league match to play him . |
| 7 | You have come back in a funny mood . |
| 8 | time we 've come back with a need-to-be-paid is n't it ? |
| 9 | We have slipped back to a state of affairs which would be intolerable even in Naples . ’ |
| 10 | Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement . |
| 11 | They had come back as a fleet , their sails bellying out under the south-westerly gale , the men shouting to each other across the water to compare catches , and their womenfolk waiting on the beach to help with the unloading and to make a start on the gutting and salting and packing . |
| 12 | He has come back with a bang , and the film of Jurassic Park opens in July , which will obviously help his sales . |
| 13 | He 's come back with a report on the rest of the china and food too . |