Example sentences of "had [vb pp] back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last weekend she had gone home to visit her parents , and had come back with a huge bag crammed with brightly wrapped parcels from her mother and father , her three older , married sisters , and all the nieces and nephews they had produced between them . |
| 2 | She had drawn back from a direct confrontation again , Guy realised . |
| 3 | Erlich came close to her , kneeling on the rug he knew that Harry had brought back from a fast run to Beirut . |
| 4 | Fergus had gone back into a deep sleep . |
| 5 | Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement . |