Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story has slipped back to page two , though , I notice . |
| 2 | In some cases Dutton has gone back to these originals , and sometimes he has worked on the Griffith tapes . |
| 3 | DESPERATELY-ILL schoolgirl Wendy Walker has battled back to life to repay her loving parents ' amazing devotion . |
| 4 | Which ancestor has come back to us ? ’ |
| 5 | Within the party , the vote has brought back to life a dormant distaste for Mr Salmond and his strategy . |
| 6 | Back inside , Rafiq had gone back to the thousand-dollar question . |
| 7 | As I entered , Miss Kenton had turned back to the window . |
| 8 | At the 18th green Manuel and Andy had walked back to the marked circle . |
| 9 | The actor who played Dirty Den in Eastenders has gone back to the prison where he was once an inmate . |
| 10 | She says one boy has gone back to bed wetting because he 's so worried . |
| 11 | Jake turned and looked urgently at his son ; but Adam 's gaze had fallen back to Undry , and Ruth was n't sure he 'd heard . |
| 12 | It was a glorious victory when he managed to persuade the grown-ups to let him stay on after his parents had gone back to Manchester . |
| 13 | Fenella had gone back to the bed-chamber and pulled on her boots and found the warm woollen cloak she had brought from Renascia while Caspar had raided the sculleries and packed the maps . |
| 14 | But Camille had turned back to her toenails and could n't see her mother 's face . |
| 15 | Hoddle 's anger came after Rovers had pulled back to 4-3 with a goal two minutes from time from a free-kick awarded when goalkeeper Frazer Digby picked up a loose ball . |
| 16 | Simon had swivelled back to me and handed me a piece of paper with an address in Theobalds Road . |
| 17 | Tom turns his head in embarrassment and has it explained to him that his regular caddie has gone back to Orville Moody , and I 'm his new one , so he says , ‘ OK ’ , and walks on to the first tee . |
| 18 | Susannah had gone back to India in 1913 when we sailed from Jibuti to England . |
| 19 | Having escorted Felicity Suvarov around St Mark 's cathedral , Julia had gone back to the Danieli hotel and shared some lunch with her . |
| 20 | Conservationists have gone back to an ancient method of catching ducks , using a dog to lure the birds into a net . |
| 21 | ‘ The pendulum has swung back to us but we must be on our guard . |
| 22 | Since then , however , their predicted share has slipped back to around 13-15 per cent . |
| 23 | In the meantime , Adam has gone back to school to study for his A levels . |
| 24 | Thank you very much I think er councillor said that in er Tory erm motions goes against er Conservative er national policy but what it does identify is a very worrying sub text to the Tory policies of the moment because w means testing for hou for housing welfare has gone back to the worst aspects of the nineteen thirties politics basically . |
| 25 | Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton . |
| 26 | Glowing with hope , Hank had gone back to the garage and pruned and polished . |
| 27 | She was quite the most attractive thing in the café now that the colour had come back to her face and she had regained her normal cheerful manner . |
| 28 | As Dexter adjusted to the dark , he saw that Blanche had turned back to him , her heavy-lidded eyes trained on his face . |
| 29 | The King had gone back to Nicosia , taking his whole Council with him . |
| 30 | And when the lightning had forked inwards through the window and shattered the typing-pool window , Gilbert had turned back to Rohmer in helpless appeal . |