Example sentences of "he went back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went back to the armchairs . |
| 2 | He went back to the telephone , prompted by the recollection of an awkward scene where he had been made to feel unwelcome , a situation created by a man to whom he had taken a dislike . |
| 3 | we 've had it , went , he went back to the doctors today and she said it could take up to six to eight weeks to get out your system . |
| 4 | In the afternoon he went back to the mill , and in the evening he studied his books and papers . |
| 5 | He went back to the mill because he knew he belonged there . |
| 6 | Angry , he went back to the ticket-window . |
| 7 | He went back to the map . |
| 8 | Then he went back to the attack . |
| 9 | He went back to the field . |
| 10 | He went back to the carrel , seized his pen and continued to write out everything he knew . |
| 11 | With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches . |
| 12 | He waited for some minutes , then , very quietly and carefully , he went back to the door of her dressing-room . |
| 13 | He went back to the door and kicked it shut , then prowled towards her . |
| 14 | The next day he went back to the factory and found out the time of the funeral . |
| 15 | He went back to the hall . |
| 16 | He went back to the hall and listened . |
| 17 | He went back to the dinner-table . |
| 18 | But he 'd have to drop the lemon tea lark when he went back to the Battalion ; it would be like turning up wearing a frock . |
| 19 | After two hours , he went back to the Treasury and wrote his resignation letter . |
| 20 | He went back to the girl , sat down on the opposite side of the desk and gave a brisk nod . |
| 21 | When he reached the last machine he went back to the beginning and played them all again . |
| 22 | I cried all night when he went back to the army . |
| 23 | While he still had five fingers under his command he went back to the window and dropped Estabrook 's letter through , murmuring the address with a tongue that felt disfigured in his mouth . |
| 24 | He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil while he went back to the station for assistance . |
| 25 | He went back to the kitchen . |
| 26 | He went back to the bike and unlocked one of the panniers , coming back with a colourful helmet . |
| 27 | Then he went back to the bathroom and turned off the taps . |
| 28 | He went back to the ballet , he said , after a period of doubt , because he walked into a studio and saw a young woman putting her feet into the rosin box to stop her shoes from slipping : the familiar action , a mixture of habit and discipline and grace , made him realize where his heart belonged . |
| 29 | Then he went back to the coffee counter , where two girls were talking about pop singers . |
| 30 | He went back to the piano and sat looking at the keys — afraid to play . |