Example sentences of "[noun] come back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll . |
| 2 | ‘ If I did wait for Garry to come back into the fold , what would you be doing ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 4 | Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 6 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 7 | The evening light came through the skylights high overhead , glossing the scurfy backs , the sores , the scabby manes , and a soft echo came back from the walls of the vast , bare concrete building of animal content , feeding . |
| 8 | After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony . |
| 9 | There 's Bigwig coming back along the bottom , and the other two with him . " |
| 10 | The thump of the back wheel coming back into the gutter brought Bob 's window down . |
| 11 | ‘ Pilots are the most important factor in the treatment of an engine ’ , commented Tony , who has seen several powerplants come back to the care of his team long before they need have done , had they been handled correctly . |
| 12 | By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go . |
| 13 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 14 | The bottle was in his hand when Nicandra came back from the kitchen . |
| 15 | Fitzosbert came back into the room and Cranston laid some silver on the table . |
| 16 | The second and last time Sheila came back to the group was some months later . |
| 17 | When Ben came back to the table he placed the fork with great ceremony to the side of Millie 's plate , saying , ‘ There you are , madam . |
| 18 | It was eight o'clock the following morning when Ben came back from the town . |
| 19 | Mum came back with the chopper and Dad brandished a heavy lump of wood . |
| 20 | As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on . |
| 21 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 22 | They then tell the other child to come back into the room . |
| 23 | Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea , |
| 24 | When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking . |
| 25 | Fantasy came back from the horsebreaker with the terrifying habit of standing on her hind legs every time someone got on her back . |
| 26 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
| 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 | The controller came back with the Porto weather : ‘ 1 CB at 2000 . |
| 29 | The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note . |
| 30 | The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals by Graves and could have turned ends 9–9 had he been successful with his third penalty goal on half-time . |