Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | How clearly it had all come back to her — even the piping treble of her own childish voice . |
| 2 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 3 | ‘ My family were Huguenots , my lady , and therefore unwanted in la belle France , ’ D'Alembord 's contemptuous scorn for France made the Countess bridle , but he had already turned back to Lucille . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 6 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 7 | ‘ When I realised the ring had probably gone back to England that was one of the first things I checked . ’ |
| 8 | Consequently , when he had found suitable accommodation , his wife and children had also gone back to England . |
| 9 | He glanced towards Grégoire , knowing that happiness sprang from him ; he had brought Edouard love ; he had also given back to him a sense of purpose . |
| 10 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 11 | The sky had now stripped back to blue as he entered slowly and with a surge of pleasure into the cut of Buttermere . |
| 12 | One archer had really gone back to basics ; he had started making his own bows by means of trial and error and a book from the library . |
| 13 | In the silence of the return journey she had almost slipped back to tranquillity and , oddly enough , it had helped to have him there beside her . |
| 14 | He had used the rest buying drinks to console himself and had then staggered back to the flat for the night . |
| 15 | Bragg and Morton had barely got back to their office when a young constable Poked his head round the door . |
| 16 | I was quite sure of that for my father had again gone back to Rye marshes to reinforce the defences . |
| 17 | Smith had therefore turned back to an earlier idea of Carl Gauss . |
| 18 | She had never gone back to the beach . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish we had never come back to this house . |