Example sentences of "the [noun pl] come back " in BNC.

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1 The men in the flames come back to him night after night .
2 I mean if you stick it out with Hotpoint and hope that the hours come back , if the hours come back you 're gon na be earning a lot more money are n't ya ?
3 I mean if you stick it out with Hotpoint and hope that the hours come back , if the hours come back you 're gon na be earning a lot more money are n't ya ?
4 One , Wisal Wehbeh , said : ‘ I will never feel safe until militias are disbanded for good because the minute the Syrians go away , the militiamen come back . ’
5 That 's lovely when the hens come back into full flush like this
6 They will find their enemy the skua already in residence , having arrived a week or so earlier and practising his piracy harrying kittiwakes or puffins until the terns come back .
7 ‘ You might not be saying that when the refugees come back from Australia , ’ Fergus said sourly .
8 You know that when birds are chicks in nest , they gape , their little mouths open wide , like this , and they , whenever the parents come back to the nest , wi with a worm or something , you see the little chicks , their little mouths wide open , they kind of reach out of the nest and , and , and try to their feeding .
9 It was kind of dark , and apparently what happened to this , towards the end of the period of parental investment , when the parents come back to feed the ducklings , they insist on the ducklings following them .
10 Even in going concerns , the ghosts come back to haunt you through the flotsam of old files and folders , especially those emanating from some long-forgotten ‘ project ’ .
11 But I think what , perhaps the , the best thing to do is when the transcriptions come back , and this may not be till the summer because it is a very long long process , when they come back , they will all go back to the person who made them ten people .
12 The fishermen come back with their holds empty ; the islands have neither birds nor guano ; it is said that the strength of the smell of the gases from the millions of tons of decaying fish is such that it can blacken the hull of a passing ship — a phenomenon known as the Callao Painter .
13 Asia Equity , a securities firm , expects earnings to increase by only 1% in 1993 , though it is looking for 16% growth in 1994 after the lights come back on .
14 The teachers come back very motivated , and I think this translates to the kids .
15 And when the girls come back they can do that while you go to the dentist .
16 Will you ring me and tell me , as soon as the results come back ?
17 We looked at each other , scared , thinking it was the police come back for us .
18 ‘ When the humans come back , they 'll be here for good , ’ said Grimma .
19 Come on , before the humans come back . ’
20 You 'd better wait until the others come back , and ask them . ’
21 ‘ Well , can I stay in here until the others come back ? ’
22 Can we start when the others come back ?
23 Why have we covered before the others come back ?
24 With the spring repaired the systems come back on again , and the Doctor is able to reset the controls for Earth .
25 Then he added , ‘ Nowadays , when the shepherds come back that way in spring , they prod every square inch of snow with sticks in search of buried frozen tār . ’
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