Example sentences of "[subord] he have [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's one of those wimps who ca n't muddle along without a woman and he 's gone off the duck so he 's come back here . ’ |
| 3 | We all used to bite our lips and nod wisely at these theological conundrums , holding our breath until he 'd gone back upstairs before dissolving into laughter . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't suppose Mr Trumper will expect you to be there every morning at four thirty , ’ she laughed ‘ Just until he 's got back in the swing of things . |
| 5 | She worried a bit if he had got back safely , but not enough to ask anyone if he had . |
| 6 | He liked his porter , but if he 'd gone back to the stable … |
| 7 | If he 'd gone back to Zimbala it would have brought disgrace on the family . |
| 8 | Because he had gone back to the woodlands where the trees were . |
| 9 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 10 | And I think Peter 's been saying this for almost well since he 's come back anyway that , I ca n't work because the stock figures have not been updated . |
| 11 | He had that look he used to get on Saturday mornings after he had come back from the shops . |
| 12 | And only after he had paid back every penny of his debt on the new barrow and been left with hardly any spare cash to talk of did he begin to realise just how good a costermonger the old fellow must have been . |
| 13 | Like a mother scolding her lost child , I thought , after he 's come back safe : just like Perkin with Mackie . |
| 14 | Joe was trying to be bright and cheerful , but there was a deep undercurrent of sadness , and later , when he had gone back to his office , Dana said : ‘ I think he 's terribly lonely . ’ |
| 15 | But when he had fought back the overwhelming urge to ring the police and have criminal charges brought against his secretary , he had realised he could use this to his advantage . |
| 16 | When he had come back from Grasmere the first thing he had done — despite George Wood 's vehement protests — was to pay back the loan and bring his hotel bill up to the mark . |
| 17 | When he had arrived back in the cold dawn that early morning after the night with Emily , it was to find his landlady Mrs McIntosh waiting , his valise and books by her , her face severe . |
| 18 | Just as ten minutes earlier , as he had driven back to St Aldate 's , Lewis had wondered the same about Mrs Kemp ; in particular recalling the curious fact that , for a woman who had so manifestly hated her husband , she had reacted to the news of his death with such terrible distress . |
| 19 | ‘ … but , with their parents in hospital , I feel any such move would be counter-productive , ’ he 'd added curtly , dismissing the subject as he 'd turned back to the pile of papers in front of him . |
| 20 | As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him . |