Example sentences of "has [vb pp] back from " in BNC.

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1 Nobody else has come back from town . ’
2 Seems like somebody else has come back from somewhere too .
3 Anyone who has visited a newspaper office in the last five years with expectations from cinematic memories of Citizen Kane or who has struggled back from the newsagent on a Sunday morning with a sample of what is laughably offered as a ‘ leisurely read ’ will know that much has changed .
4 But that is precisely what is needed , and it is disappointing that for this reason the government has drawn back from attempting reform .
5 Television came in the wake of other consumer durables : a vacuum cleaner and a boiler for the washing — once used to cook a lobster my father has brought back from the Highlands where he 's been on a spell of painting stations that will be closed by the Beeching plan a decade later .
6 In 1856 he exhibits on his lawn a stuffed crocodile he has brought back from the East : enabling it to bask in the sun again for the first time in 3,000 years .
7 In addition , Intasun has pulled back from its initial moves into the hotel market .
8 A YOUNG soccer star has battled back from serious injury to the brink of major success .
9 THE 18-month-old Young Vic Youth Theatre has fought back from the threat of funds-starved closure to launch new season with Brecht and Weill 's The Threepenny Opera .
10 A MOTHER who tragically lost two daughters in separate accidents last night told how her third daughter has fought back from the brink of death .
11 A garden tractor company has bounced back from the brink of bankruptcy to become a market leader … despite the recession .
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