Example sentences of "he back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they never called him back , and lucky for them , ’ Mrs Clancy said . |
| 2 | Jay grinned ear to ear , commiserated and ordered him back to bed . |
| 3 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 4 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |
| 5 | She could not take him back to America with her , he could not take her home . |
| 6 | Then murder led him inexorably — apocalyptic naturalism — to confess and accept suffering , and acceptance of suffering took him back to mere existence which is living life , neither more nor less . |
| 7 | But his victory at Stoke on Saturday has him back at the top of the list . |
| 8 | But now they want him back . |
| 9 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's right to hand him back to the government of the country to which he belongs in the expectation that he will be properly treated and if he has committed a war crime he would be tried accordingly , ’ Lord Aldington replied . |
| 11 | A return to five furlongs should see him back on the winning path . |
| 12 | Murder of Duncan briefly shocks him back into some half-remembered humane responses , though these quickly dwindle again in renewed surfeits of horror . |
| 13 | The calculation is that increased pressure on Hun Sen will force him back to the negotiating table , ready to make the dreaded concession : the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge in a political settlement . |
| 14 | Kicking him back to his feet , his nephew Stefan galvanises an urge in him to survive and thrive , the progress of which the play charts over the next four decades . |
| 15 | This , along with research for a new book which is ‘ under wraps at the moment ’ , will take him back to India for the next six months . |
| 16 | So now in America his two friends had to rescue him from certain death by yanking him back , as he meditated and was about to walk in front of a fast street-car . |
| 17 | He became a bishop because , and solely because , the diocese knew him well and wanted him back . |
| 18 | ‘ If we could revive Monaghan Day for Daddy it could help to start him back to himself . |
| 19 | We call him back . |
| 20 | Wendy tried to call him back but got no reply . |
| 21 | A Bentley swam out from behind the ranch house 's tamarisk hedge , accelerated arrogantly and , passing him , drove him back flat against the hedge . |
| 22 | For the Prince , it was the beginning of a love affair , one that has taken him back to Italy on many occasions . |
| 23 | ‘ God ! ’ frank groaned , as she relaxed her grip and eased him back . |
| 24 | She shooed him back to bed in front of her and he went meekly enough , entering with studied indifference , tapping his fingertips together as he went . |
| 25 | He 's the smiling innocent who so trusts the sharks he meets in his various roles — newspaper reporter , army recruit , spy , racing bike rider or whatever — that he continually lands himself in trouble , forcing him back on reserves of charm , and his skill with a ukulele , to secure his escape . |
| 26 | Mr Field believes he would win easily , and once returned to the Commons would ask the parliamentary party to give him back the Labour whip . |
| 27 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 28 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 29 | Swinton , who sold him to Widnes for only £7,500 in January last year , would like him back . |
| 30 | I was surprised , although not as surprised as Mike Tyson when Frank got up and hit him back . |