Example sentences of "he [verb] back to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shielding his eyes against the dust and heat with an upraised arm , he limped back to the corner and peered round . |
| 2 | He turns back to the patient , his expression gentle again — there is no trace of a professional ‘ caring ’ in his words or the jarring chord of insincere concern in his voice . |
| 3 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
| 4 | The drums then took up a regular beat as he stalked back to the coffin . |
| 5 | Totally mystified by his experience , he crept back to the booking hall and tried to sleep . |
| 6 | Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson could also run the gauntlet of hostility at Hillsborough today when he goes back to the club he left under acrimonious circumstances two seasons ago . |
| 7 | So he cries and he goes back to the beach . |
| 8 | Now , however , Freud expands that concept as well and interestingly enough he goes back to the first term he used for repression . |
| 9 | He harked back to the golden age of a be-blazered world where all God 's children had the basics banged into them , and video nasties were confined to close encounters with beasties in biology lessons . |
| 10 | He refers back to the Fish era as if in awe , and introduces the other Marillionauts with grovelling reverence . |
| 11 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 12 | By the time he got back to the white house Mungo was exhausted , and the signs of his ordeal were plain to see . |
| 13 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 14 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 15 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 16 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 17 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 18 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 19 | Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage . |
| 20 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 21 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |
| 22 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 23 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 24 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 25 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 26 | Then he felt resentful for being made to feel guilty , so that by the time he got back to the Questura all the benefits of his walk had been cancelled out . |
| 27 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 28 | As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each . |
| 29 | And with that he headed back to the school , she ground shaking as he strode across the grass . |
| 30 | He shot a quick look sideways at her before he headed back to the road . |