Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The director duly reported back to base camp that Douglas had rejected every concession he had made in order to get him to accept the part . |
| 2 | Captain Lawton and his men seem to have had a fairly trouble-free time of it , because all 15 of them were duly discharged back in London after the seven-month voyage . |
| 3 | You may be written off as a malingerer or a neurotic or , perhaps even worse , as someone who must be gently humoured back to health . |
| 4 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 5 | Kevin O'Neil suddenly arrived back at Ballytreabhair — ‘ for a wee holiday ’ he explained to his mother . |
| 6 | The hospitaller suddenly stepped back in panic as the bear sprang into life , towering above him , its great paws clawing the air . |
| 7 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 8 | The Irish alone sent back between £1 million and £1–7 million a year in the early 1850s . |
| 9 | Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1617 Best travelled back to Yorkshire to manage the family estate at Elmswell , near Driffield , which had been bought by his father in 1598 , and to supervise the upbringing of his young siblings and half-siblings . |
| 11 | Others present included Lord David Cecil , who had lately come back to Oxford to teach English Literature at New College , and Adam Fox , the college chaplain . |
| 12 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 13 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 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 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 18 | He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’ |
| 19 | A quick reminder , many people will know , but a quick reminder and er , if you 've perhaps just come back from holiday yourself , or you 're one of our new listeners , you may not know so I 'll tell you , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call , this very programme , will be breaking new ground at the end of next month . |
| 20 | We 've just come back from Chile , where chemical pollution , factory fishing , and poverty are the everyday reality facing fishermen , slowly destroying their ability to make a living and support their families . |
| 21 | A sentence such as John and his friend have just come back from New York can be used to illustrate an insertion task . |
| 22 | John and his friend have just come back from New York , you know . |
| 23 | John and his , you know , friend have just come back from New York . |
| 24 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 25 | He 's just come back from Australia |
| 26 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 27 | No he 's just come back from Tunisia on holiday so he 'll need it . |
| 28 | He 's just come back from Belize erm , and he 's they 're , they 're posted to Germany and they leave tomorrow . |
| 29 | One of the men has already come back to Britain voluntarily , the older one is fighting extradition |
| 30 | He stayed in Moscow for two months before he returned to St. Petersburg and soon sailed back to Scotland . |