Sentence examples for lad back from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bilbo never did a kinder deed than when he brought the lad back to live among decent folk.

As a Croydon lad back in his neck of the woods, he was desperate to do well for the club and there was a lot of pressure on him to succeed.

BEYOND his glasses, black Gaultier sarong and sandals, not to mention the reputation for high-voltage iconoclasm that has followed him since he was a lad back in Manchester, England -- or "Madchester," as it was then known -- it's the frosted blue polish on Tony Wilson's toenails that seals it.

"Why rush the lad back in?

"He's a local guy and if he was based at Ivybridge now in our academy, he would never have gone through our fingers and would be playing at Exeter so it's nice to get a local lad back.

"They talked about it for two days and then decided I've got to bring a lad back from Boreham Wood who we gave a free transfer to nearly two years ago but is kept on the books because he is a nice lad.

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"Those who go are in contact with the lads back home," Michael says.

I would say 70% of the people here today want our lads back home".

Game 3 was a setback, discouraging to the red-clad fans who wanted so badly to welcome their lads back home, to cheer them to victory.

"Just like we were when we played the great sides of '82 and '86, against France and Brazil, Michael has got the lads back up playing among European football's elite again," says Worthington, a former Northern Ireland captain and manager between 2007-11.