Sentence examples of "went back" in English
After the interruption I went back to my reading but forgot where I'd left off.
Après l'interruption, je retournai à ma lecture mais j'avais oublié où j'en étais resté.
He made a lot of money in New York and went back to the small town where he was born.
Il se fit beaucoup d'argent à New-York et retourna dans la petite ville où il était né.
Democracy is an idea that goes back to the ancient Greeks.
La démocratie est un concept qui remonte aux anciens grecs.
To determine its origin, we must go back to the middle ages.
Pour déterminer son origine, nous devons remonter au Moyen-Âge.
Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him.
Mon retour en Afrique du Sud a fait remonter à la surface des souvenirs pénibles.
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