Example sentences of "come back [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 2 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |
| 3 | Like a mother scolding her lost child , I thought , after he 's come back safe : just like Perkin with Mackie . |
| 4 | I had come back blind . |
| 5 | In the first case , elitism does not provide an explanation , being merely a loose term to describe a social category about which other features rather than the elite characteristic provide what explanation there is ; in the second case , the power elite looks remarkably like a social class , and elite explanation has come back full circle to its point of departure . |
| 6 | Finally she returned to her dorm , terrified not so much at the prospect of getting caught but because she had come back empty handed . |
| 7 | comes out , comes out at New Year 's Day , I was at home then and it erm going to come back New Year 's Day |
| 8 | If you got left behind by the Army you 'd be lucky to come back alive , and that 's no exaggeration . |
| 9 | I 'd love to come back one day and see how such good youngsters as Simon Brown , Mark Briers , Paul Henderson , Stewart Hutton and John Wood are working out . ’ |
| 10 | Many of the thousands of youngsters who were at last night 's tie as non-paying guests may have been sufficiently impressed to want to come back one day as paying customers . |
| 11 | The other is to apply to come back that I the interest that I . |
| 12 | I represent a crime , and if Eric was to come back stirring things up The Truth About Frank might come out . |
| 13 | I think we 're planning to come back next year . ’ |
| 14 | Evans , who has transformed Cardiff from last season 's Welsh rugby no-hopers to this year 's championship contenders , said he had been asked to come back next year but personal problems might prevent him doing so . |
| 15 | He is happy coming to Presteigne and hopes to come back next year . |
| 16 | I 'll tell him to come back next week . |
| 17 | Tell him to come back next week . |
| 18 | There er twenty one Sharon and I think that might be a bit on the generous side so you 've got to come back next and do the weather forecast for me is that all right ? |
| 19 | Do you want me to come back another time , I — ’ |
| 20 | When Jim , of Ravenscliffe , West Yorks , went to the police station , officers told him to come back another day . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you want to come back another day , when the light 's better ? ’ |
| 22 | " Well now , there 's no need to come back any more but watch him carefully and if you see anything unusual bring him in . " |
| 23 | After a small glass of Cyprus sherry , Greg took his leave , amid pressing invitations to come back any time in the future when he felt like a chat . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean I do n't need to come back any more ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 26 | ‘ Whatever weather we always seemed to come back filthy . |
| 27 | ‘ Tell him to come back this afternoon , or tomorrow — or next week … or something . |
| 28 | Want to make an appointment to come back this afternoon ? |
| 29 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 30 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |