Example sentences of "[pers pn] come back from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
| 2 | When I came back from the bathroom , I looked at my watch . |
| 3 | Oh yes well I mean , I , I , I came back from the war |
| 4 | ‘ When I came back from the war , we still had rationing for a few years . |
| 5 | I felt further away from him than I had ever felt , even when I came back from the hospital . |
| 6 | I came back from the Oval to find that Buffy had blown his brains out because his father had refused to pay his gambling debts . |
| 7 | ‘ Could we meet downstairs later , after I come back from the course ? ’ |
| 8 | I tell you what I 'll speak to you when I come back from the chippie yeah |
| 9 | Did erm did you notice any great differences when you came back from the war ? |
| 10 | What erm what kind of employment did you find when you came back from the war ? |
| 11 | She came back from the telephone booth quickly , looking distracted . |
| 12 | ‘ When she came back from the doctor , she was crying in pain , ’ says Aszal Galiara . |
| 13 | I saw you coming back from the communion rails , with your eyes down and your hands folded , as if you were n't putrid inside , but I know . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you come back from the villa specially for me ? ’ |
| 15 | you 're going where ? , you 're going back to the moon , oh have you co , have you come back from the moon now ? |
| 16 | She might phone about half past nine when she comes back from the hospital . |
| 17 | Find out what happened to her and why , according to the story , she comes back from the Underworld and brings spring to the earth . |
| 18 | We were in a shabby little hole in Paddington , and when we came back from the pub that night he went walking up and down that hotel room , sticking his chest out and saying , ‘ I 'm the sex queen of Bloomsbury . |
| 19 | Oh well I b , it were , we all had to be in the union anyway and so we used to er we used to go to the meetings a a a you know as youngsters and then when we came back from the Army we 'd got to the union meeting as well . |
| 20 | In my judgment , the election campaign started when we came back from the Christmas recess — Order . |
| 21 | Shortly before yesterday 's debate on the economy you told the House that in your opinion the general election campaign started when we came back from the Christmas recess . |
| 22 | Well I , yeah I do I mean I do n't I do n't need them just yet , I mean I think I sha n't need to get them till we come back from the trip . |
| 23 | The Sunday after they came back from the West Indies , he and Sara and his mother — who was living with them now in a room not much larger than a cupboard , although the view , as Simon constantly said , was staggering — went formally to lunch in their old house . |
| 24 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't know what to do when he came back from the zone . |
| 26 | He came back from the loo and I had to stop myself telling him what I 'd found out and that it did n't seem silly or neurotic or hopeless or anything , but just very thoughtful and touching . |
| 27 | Elliott Gabellah , vice president of the Rhodesian ANC , met us the day after he came back from the independence celebrations . |
| 28 | Joe found her there when he came back from the vegetable field . |
| 29 | But , always kind : " Well , Robert , dear fellow , " she crooned when he came back from the bar ( where he had bought a third bottle of champagne ) . |
| 30 | He is 33 , he appears unstoppable , and he is perfectly aware that he came back from the grave . |