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Example sentences of "came back at " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Stewart and Olazabal came back at him over the back nine but , unlike in the Lancome Trophy when Eduardo Romero chipped in to deny him his second tour victory this year , this time the West German was not to be disappointed .
2	She nodded at Miss Rene , who came back at her quickly , saying , ‘ Not even two , one will be enough , and it will have to be a lawn one , and your bloomers an , all . ’
3	Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs .
4	He came back at 3 p.m. and they were still going .
5	But the way Wycombe came back at us in the first game should serve as a warning that it will not be easy . ’
6	Jack came back at that moment .
7	He came back at Monza , five weeks later .
8	Monteith 's deep voice came back at him from the hand set , ‘ Quiet as the grave , three seven . ’
9	But we could n't add to our early goal and just lost our shape a bit when they came back at us .
10	But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour .
11	Curtis then came back at him in the following set , to take a 4–2 lead , but the Nottingham player was swift to respond with a counter-attack , taking the next two games to square the set .
12	‘ And the policeman ? ’ a metallic voice came back at him .
13	But when Fleury came back at last and told him how they were faring in the Residency , Harry knew he would have to take the risk .
14	‘ She thinks it 's one of the lifeguards at the municipal pool , ’ his mum said , and she must have sniggered because his nan came back at her very sharp .
15	Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime .
16	I came back at once .
17	And so hopefully you came back at the end of the day with quite a bou bag full on your bike , or a box it was , fitted in a carrier , full .
18	Of the children , only Emma really grew up at Rhydoldog , although the others came back at weekends .
19	Taskopruzade 's statement that he came back at the request of a repentant sultan is , of course , highly doubtful in view of the fact that his departure and return seem certain to have occurred in the reigns of different sultans .
20	Holmes went out for the morning , but he came back at lunch-time .
21	‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly .
22	Gabriel 's voice came back at him off the sides of the barrel .
23	Frank 's voice carried the expression that was on his face , and Mrs Funnell came back at him , saying , ‘ Do n't you bawl at me , Frank Conway !
24	I came back at about eight this morning in time to get his breakfast and found the dog outside the back door , whining . ’
25	‘ So you 've already discussed my suggestion ? ’ he came back at once .
26	‘ She never came back at all while Dad was alive .
27	The goal though , was against the run of play and sure enough , Rovers came back at the start of the second half with an equaliser from Kenny Irons .
28	and er , that was at eight o'clock and er , then they all came back at about quarter past eight and er they sat us down and said daddy died at twenty to nine
29	But Jim really hurt her because erm when she was going out with him he was a virgin and then erm they came back , you notice things were a bit sort of sort of on the rocks when they came back at first ?