Example sentences of "who have [adv] [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When she had finished she turned to Nara , who had just come back with the things she needed and was peering round the door , as if he was too scared of her magic to come right in . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Hindenburg , who had taken part in the victorious campaigns of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 , was now built up into a father figure : the old general who had again thrown back the invaders of the Fatherland . |
| 6 | ‘ Not yet , ’ said Scarlet , who had already slugged back a double . |
| 7 | With no casualties to deal with , but with new staff and better equipment our doctors settled down to work with a will for the children from ‘ Peabody buildings ’ at the back of the hospital who had either come back from evacuation , or who would not go anyway . |
| 8 | He took up his claret , drank , and moved to an anecdote which he had found scarcely ever failed and would surely , he was convinced , see him through this supper party as the man of wide travel , wide curiosity , the aristocratic rover who had finally come back home to live by the more profound , more refined things of life . |
| 9 | They joined those who had deliberately held back … the wise ones knew that the train turned round at Lynn . |
| 10 | We met a number of young field-workers and others who had recently come back to work in Lewis and Harris , and were most impressed by their ability and devotion . |
| 11 | Those who had perhaps drawn back after much involvement came out of retirement to lead the church more effectively than ever before . |
| 12 | John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work . |
| 13 | An Oxford aid worker who 's just come back from the Croatian capital Zagreb , says the situation there is getting out of hand . |