Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) .
2 One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping .
3 ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’
4 Pierre Berton , who wrote the books , has just got back from Vancouver .
5 Well I c I I 've seen so many things over the year I just do n't believe it until I actually see it and th literally four weeks ago , I 'd just got back from Germany , went on a meeting the following morning and it 's that gentleman there , Steve , and h he 's got some pictures in his pocket which will prove exactly what we 're talking about .
6 That was er I 'd just got back from work .
7 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 .
8 I 've just come back from France .
9 Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years .
10 And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet .
11 I 've just got back to England .
12 ‘ You 've just got back from Rhodes , we hear . ’
13 ‘ We 've just got back from Southampton , ’ said my mother , as though this circumstance presented a total barrier to further movement .
14 Well it , it 's been stupid this laid on this settee falling down back , it 's blinking ridiculous , yeah , we 've just got back from hospital and they 'll send her a letter for er , to make an appointment for her to go back , to see what the treatment they 're gon na give her , so , will it go in Pete 's car ?
15 Sandra had just arrived back in time to hear Mrs Foster 's grim assessment of the situation .
16 Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea .
17 At last week-end 's ICA conference , the film generated a single comment , from a producer on Channel 4 's Out series , Claire Beavan , who had just come back from America where she was making a programme about Hollywood homophobia .
18 Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time .
19 Lee had just come back from shopping .
20 Eddie had just got back from work when they had a row in the kitchen .
21 A sentence such as John and his friend have just come back from New York can be used to illustrate an insertion task .
22 John and his friend have just come back from New York , you know .
23 John and his , you know , friend have just come back from New York .
24 Four British Muslims freed by Saddam Hussein from captivity in Iraq , have just arrived back in England , the wife of one of them says she 's overjoyed at the news .
25 John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work .
26 He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’
27 He 's just come back from Australia
28 No he 's just come back from Tunisia on holiday so he 'll need it .
29 He 's just come back from Belize erm , and he 's they 're , they 're posted to Germany and they leave tomorrow .
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