Example sentences of "[was/were] come back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 2 | Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops . |
| 3 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 4 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 5 | Simon was coming back along the waterline with Ben trotting at his heels . |
| 6 | She said that a tree expert had been consulted and was coming back to the council with advice on the breadth of a ‘ stand-off ’ zone to ensure no damage to the beech roots . |
| 7 | I was coming back to the fox hunting here , when it 's mentioned sorry about that Chair . |
| 8 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 9 | ‘ I was coming back by the path from the ferry , through the woodland , and where the trees are thickest I stumbled over him . |
| 10 | I was coming back from the labs at Menelaus , after some work detail or other . |
| 11 | In fact , it was coming back from the Tadcaster job that the old Atlas van that we had , blew up — the big ends just blew out of it and we had to dump it there and go . |
| 12 | She was the first to get to get to know about the lady whose husband was coming back from the Forces . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's funny you should ask because I bumped into her just as I was coming back from the loo . |
| 14 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 15 | ‘ I was coming back from the shops and saw Frankie dodging between parked cars , ’ Monica said yesterday . |
| 16 | I was coming back from the shops the other day when I saw him get out of his car . |
| 17 | They had got into conversation one evening when Ianthe was coming back from the library where she worked , and it had reassured her — coming as a stranger to this rather doubtful neighbourhood — to meet somebody whom her mother would have described as a ‘ gentlewoman ’ . |