Example sentences of "[verb] back with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bertha had sat back with the satisfied air of having played a trump card , until suddenly her lip had quivered as tears filled her eyes .
2 We said no , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
3 We said no , oh , I , I , I 'm doing everything that table says at the moment , so no , but I 'm going to give one to Shirley because she got most of the answer and then she came back with the right bit at the end as well .
4 Angela 's mummy came back with the red mack .
5 There is nothing more annoying to a journalist who is working on a story than to be told that the PRO will ring back with the relevant numbers and then not to get them for another two or three days .
6 Stung by his susceptibility to Kingdom 's line of questioning , Harry fought back with the only weapon at his disposal : knowledge the other man could not be aware he possessed .
7 But ten minutes later Scottish broke back with the only try of the game …
8 risking their lives and coming back with the whole lot that he collected and brought back again .
9 There are certain associates , who 're not going to use a rate book , there 's associates who er , because you 're doing a two appointment sale , will always have time to come back to the office and get a computer quote and go back with the right answer .
10 Only later did Oliver Michaels come back with the sobering news that the hotel was strangely full of policemen , that there was no breakfast to be had save for coffee and muffins , without a trek to the Albion Hotel , and moreover there was thought to be something odd about Sir Thomas 's death which no one would specify .
11 Joyce Anderson , of Thornton Hough , said : ‘ We are not really in a race against time , the winners will be the party who come back with the fewest miles on their clock .
12 As the linker needle comes back with the second stitch in its hook , the latch of the linker needle closes and the first stitch goes over the latch of the linker needle and is cast off .
13 so , er , Jack saying get that Christmas pudding , anyway she comes back with the ready scones do n't she ?
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