Example sentences of "[conj] came back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It started in the 38th minute with a straightforward close range blast after Wright destroyed the Ipswich defence and curled an audacious chip-shot that came back from the underside of the bar . |
| 2 | About a week later , I finished work early one day and came back to the house . |
| 3 | Stephen had a meeting with the shop steward the following morning at 8.30 , and came back to the house afterwards shouting to Victor the butler for strong black coffee . |
| 4 | Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’ |
| 5 | Suddenly , to her relief , the telephone rang , Joanna picked it up , wrote down the message , and came back to the table , looking elated . |
| 6 | She headed away into tall grass , hid the baby and came back to the boat for the return trip to Tiger Haven . |
| 7 | ‘ One spring I left my noviciate and came back to the farm . |
| 8 | Sykes went to Paris a couple of days before you did , and came back on the Monday . |
| 9 | Down she went and came back with the cups of tea and slices of cake on a tray . |
| 10 | Garry answered it and came back into the kitchen with two policemen . |
| 11 | The old woman said something and Simon turned and came back into the room and stood by the deerskin pallet on which Hugh was lying . |
| 12 | The other people heard the noise of the shot and came back into the room . |
| 13 | Marcus put the thing down without doing any speaking and came back into the room . |
| 14 | As David caught sight of her he left the other two and came back into the foyer . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said calmly and came back across the room . |
| 16 | Her mother of course was aware that fifteen does not relish the solitude that fifty does , and came back from the village one day when Peony had been particularly silent and lumpish , with the news that Mrs Price who kept an antique shop had her grandchildren staying with her , and she was invited to go round and play tennis with them and have tea . |
| 17 | Erm , I have I think cousin , erm , who was in the Air Force during the war , and came back from the Air Force with a child . |
| 18 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
| 19 | ‘ You went out and came back by the yard door ? ’ |