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Example sentences for "drove back"

  • I drove back to Blois in the dark, some nine miles, through the forest of Russy, which belongs to the State and which, though consisting apparently of small timber, looked under the stars sufficiently vast and primeval.

  • I thought of all this as I drove back to Blois by the way of the Château de Cheverny.

  • Surely Zorilla will have to fall back,' I said, as we drove back to the town.

  • He drove back with us, and then the two of them went away to the palace and had a pretty stormy interview with the President, leaving me to potter about with Bob and Ginger till it was possible to see old Gerald.

  • We drove back to the Residence--I was feeling awfully sick with funk about Billums--and there we were left whilst the Captain and the Minister drove away again to find the Frenchman.

  • I thought of all this as I drove back to Blois by the way of the Chateau de Cheverny.

  • It seemed certain that he was dead, and very sorrowfully, as there was nothing to be done, we drove back to Furnes.

  • However, as we drove back to Baltimore that evening, we repeatedly assured one another that we did not believe in ghosts.

  • We drove back to Skutari and there saw our driver Suleiman for the last time.

  • We drove back to the town, separated, and wandered about where fancy led us.

  • It was long past midnight ere I found myself back in Fiesole, but I discovered a belated cab, and in it I drove back to Florence, full of grave reflections.

  • I drove back to Florence, where, at the station, I obtained my bag, and then went to the Savoy Hotel in the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, where I engaged a room.

  • As we drove back to the hotel the manager remarked: "It is a very curious affair, sir, to say the least.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    chemical substances; coming down; drove along; drove away; drove down; drove them; drove through; faithful minister; free verse; greater portion; her mistress; lemon peel; lower chamber; lyric poet; may mention; means confined; might fall; molecular motion; mountain stream; optical instrument; peace negotiations; quicker pace; sharply pointed; superior force; wood engraving; would start