Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] back for " in BNC.
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1 | Bantam has gone back for nearly 400,000 Maya Angelou paperbacks . |
2 | Toby had come back for the moment . |
3 | Clare Wildish has come back for help feeding her second baby , 3 day old Emma . |
4 | yeah , so why do they call him Harry all the time , Harry for a boy , that 's awful I mean a lot of the old names , we talked about the other day , a lot of the old names have come back for children , but I mean I do n't think Harry should be |
5 | In effect , landlords have clawed back for themselves an increasing proportion of rate relief on premises within enterprise zones . |
6 | ‘ What a charming picture you both make , ’ he said , sinking wearily into the chair Jules had drawn back for him . |
7 | Farther south in Aswan , security sources said militants had hit back for the storming of the mosque with at least three bomb attacks on police and the fire brigade . |
8 | The callous incident of the heat sink … but then : hands linked in the Tunnel of Terror … the upper-habber had come back for his two companions , for whatever reason … |