Example sentences of "he [vb past] 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 | The drums then took up a regular beat as he stalked back to the coffin . |
| 3 | Totally mystified by his experience , he crept back to the booking hall and tried to sleep . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 6 | By the time he got back to the white house Mungo was exhausted , and the signs of his ordeal were plain to see . |
| 7 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 8 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 11 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 12 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 15 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |
| 16 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 17 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 18 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 19 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 22 | As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each . |
| 23 | And with that he headed back to the school , she ground shaking as he strode across the grass . |
| 24 | He shot a quick look sideways at her before he headed back to the road . |
| 25 | On leaden feet he moved back to the staircase and made his way to the half-landing at its top . |
| 26 | His inability to make the weight limit forced him to relinquish his title , but two years later , at the age of 22 , he moved back to the USA and won the featherweight crown ( subsequently losing it , regaining it , losing it again and winning it back finally in 1898 ) . |
| 27 | He moved back to the chest of drawers and took down the photograph of Tatyana Nowak and her husband on Westminster Bridge . |
| 28 | He shouted back to the man who had spoken to him , ‘ Are you tired of fighting ? |
| 29 | As he strolled back to the front window , and peered behind the curtains again , Bodie asked , ‘ And where were you on all these exotic foreign trips ? ’ |
| 30 | When it was dark he cycled back to the farm again . |