Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] back from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , God , no , ’ she husked pitifully as Fernando suddenly drew back from her and with eyes hooded with desire and power he let himself sink below the water . |
| 3 | I was just checking here in from the book by and I was looking at the chapter here on Roses Rivetus and er and it was on the mission to Munster here that er Third Combat Mission once a day for three days ' running was to Munster it was this ill-fated mission that made the reputation as the bloody Hundredth and of course this is the one that he only came back from . |
| 4 | The smoke and steam was being sucked from the wreck by the storm wind anyway , and as it cleared Duvall suddenly shrank back from the shattered car window . |
| 5 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 6 | What about Timo Metsola 's electronics outfit in Finland — where you 've just flown back from ? |
| 7 | For a moment , the sergeant had that same sense of disorientation when the lights went up at the end of an afternoon programme in the cinema and he felt he had just flown back from another world . |
| 8 | In fact , I 've just flown back from the States today , and you 'll be glad to hear that the doctors assured me that Liz and Owen are on the road to a full recovery . ’ |
| 9 | I thought you only just got back from you homeymoon … ’ |
| 10 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
| 11 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 12 | ONLY a dealer who had just come back from a weekend in the Kalahari desert would have been surprised to hear of yesterday 's agreed £337.6m bid by MB Group for Caradon , the Twyfords and Everest building products group , so comprehensive has been the pre-match publicity . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 15 | Lee had just come back from shopping . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And Rodger has only just come back from three weeks ' rehabilitation at Lilleshall . |
| 18 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 19 | Don Mini turned to one of the robins which had just come back from a practice flight with a child Minpin on its back . |
| 20 | ‘ I have just come back from lecturing in New York and I am off to lecture in Hong Kong . |
| 21 | A film editor friend has just come back from a couple of weeks of yoga , a music producer I know goes to St James , Piccadilly , where they have spiritual talks on a Monday evening , while a designer friend does Chi-Kung , a Chinese movement like Tai-Chi , where you have to ‘ stand like a tree ’ . |
| 22 | He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’ |
| 23 | They 're always looking forward to going places they 've just come back from , or regretting doing things they have n't yet done . |
| 24 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 25 | He 's just come back from Australia |
| 26 | ‘ I have just come back from talking to Alfred and I telephoned Maurice . ’ |
| 27 | A sentence such as John and his friend have just come back from New York can be used to illustrate an insertion task . |
| 28 | John and his friend have just come back from New York , you know . |
| 29 | John and his friend have just come back from New , you know , York |
| 30 | John and his , you know , friend have just come back from New York . |