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

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1 She wore a pale pink dress that swirled around slender legs and her hair was caught back with a matching headband .
2 What The Smiths were about was narcissism , damaged , exploding back with a defiant fantasy of martyrdom .
3 The sound , in itself small , was magnified by the lofty roof , and startled him painfully , and he drew back with a bounding heart into the shadows of the triforium as a man stepped into the church .
4 When he decided he had finished he drew back with a reluctant groan , his eyes watchful , devoid of any feeling other than the insatiable one of sexual hunger .
5 I 've mentioned it to him and what he 's saying is come back with a firm proposal .
6 Last weekend she had gone home to visit her parents , and had come back with a huge bag crammed with brightly wrapped parcels from her mother and father , her three older , married sisters , and all the nieces and nephews they had produced between them .
7 Now talk some more and let me hear whether you 've come back with an American accent . "
8 Although the Germans bounced back with a 4-1 defeat of Uruguay four days later , the Brazilian experience has left its scars .
9 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 .
10 Her hair was thin and fair and long , caught back with an elastic band , and her face was thin and long too , wizened and pinched .
11 He is expecting City to come back with a bigger offer .
12 Then they went into the lead , only for Peterborough to come back with a late equaliser .
13 ‘ The Shiah , for example , or at least the ones in Iran , believe that the Twelfth Imam — who disappeared in mysterious circumstances over a thousand years ago — is going to come back with a huge army and take over the world . ’
14 Rangers are waiting for Keegan to come back with an improved offer after rejecting a staggering £3.3m bid , and Keegan could offer transfer-listed Franz Carr as the makeweight in a new player-cash deal .
15 He wanted the youth to go away , for in his mind he saw him fall back with a suppressed scream of terror and pain , holding a handkerchief to his face .
16 But City came back with a late goal from Rosenior .
17 On this occasion he did not succeed in finding any penguin 's eggs , but came back with a live penguin , and with the eggs of various gulls .
18 Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin .
19 He came back with a young fellow in lycra suit , dark glasses , poser gear and all , whom he claimed to have grabbed off the streets of the town with a £10 inducement !
20 But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half .
21 Quality manager Francine Galivel says the objective of the visit was fully achieved because everyone — the shift operator , the operator who loads the tanker , the person who plans the haulier 's despatch notes , the chemist who checks that the product meets specifications — all came back with a better understanding of how their jobs fit into the unbroken line from supplier to end product .
22 Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane .
23 Also , his P–40 came back with a different engine and three bladed prop .
24 He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer .
25 ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile .
26 Athelstan saw money change hands and Cranston came back with a thick broomstick .
27 Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount .
28 She came back with a large smile .
29 She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter .
30 Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears .
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