Example sentences of "he get back [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub .
2 By the time he got back to the white house Mungo was exhausted , and the signs of his ordeal were plain to see .
3 ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table .
4 There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house .
5 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 . ’
6 By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock .
7 When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude .
8 The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio .
9 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 .
10 It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block .
11 It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments .
12 Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment .
13 He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule .
14 Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor .
15 When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end .
16 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 .
17 By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone .
18 As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each .
19 Even when he was small , out hunting , and broke his arm , could n't wait until he got back on the horse , used his stock for a sling and rode home . ’
20 Clutching the phial of thallium in his pocket he got back into the car .
21 At 9 o'clock precisely , just as the pips ended and the news began , he got back into the car and drove off .
22 He got back into the jeep for shelter .
23 He got back into the car and she heard the door slam , the engine accelerate and the tyres slide again on the gravel .
24 When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner .
25 He got back into the front seat and we started up the coast .
26 ‘ Straight on , ’ Ward said as he got back into the driving seat .
27 ‘ I mean , d' you think he got back from the mission he was on , ’ said Lee , putting his face right up close to the picture .
28 ‘ I think Yorick wrote that whole page when he got back from the party .
29 It would be about seven o'clock when he got back from the cricket match with Patrick .
30 The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank .
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