Example sentences of "[vb past] back with a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Tranmere came back with a goal from sub Chris Malkin and could have easily snatched a draw .
2 United wobbled a little bit in the second half when Gillingham came back with a goal from Crown .
3 Just before half-time City came back with a goal from Ian Baird it was well made and well taken … food for thought for the United defence and of course Smith who started off in the directors box but was down on the touchline after this incident in which David Penney charged into Junior Bent …
4 County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection .
5 So Adam at least came back with a grain of comfort , though for the dead Harry , not the living .
6 Zena Blair went shopping in the Northcott Centre last week and came back with a computer in her trolly .
7 Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it .
8 I was interested in you talking there about you know , that one , that particular case whereby one bloke was threatened with dismissal and very rapidly the way you describe it , the men came back with a threat of strike action .
9 He came back with a clutch of drinks .
10 A typical Peto story tells how when dispatched by The Observer to photograph a major rail disaster , he came back with a picture of an exhausted rescue worker drinking tea , man 's ability to fight disaster and overcome it having inspired this warm-hearted humanist photographer .
11 However , Brighton were not overawed and they came back with a penalty through Small after seventy three minutes .
12 He came back with a brace of fish of a species she could n't put a name to .
13 So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before .
14 This year Benskins came back with a demand for a £5,000 a year increase that would have taken John 's annual rent to £23,000 plus £100 a week for the business rate .
15 Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water .
16 They came back with a beauty from Luther Blissett .
17 And last night she went to a do at the American Embassy and came back with a packet of chocolate cookies — er — biscuits , no less . ’
18 He came back with a handful of pebbles .
19 Breeze , who had been deep in thought , came back with a start to her present surroundings .
20 Then , still a little dopey , she glanced back with a frown at the dark , menacing figure standing over her .
21 Ferns grew head-high on either side , and suddenly Mary started back with a cry as the ferns parted and something bounded through them and leapt across the path not two feet from her .
22 United hit back with a goal from Chris Fry with just 4 minutes to go , but all hope of finding an equaliser was washed away two minutes later , when Abrahams hit a third for Colchester .
23 Tendulkar and Richard Blakey hit back with a stand of 176 in 24 overs , but then Neil Fairbrother swooped to run out the Indian ace with a direct hit .
24 It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures .
25 The School Chaplain , his hands loosely clasped over his private parts , the fingers pressing slightly into his black cassock , leaned back with a look of contentment .
26 He leaned back with a sign of contentment and , over his fifth pint of cider , observed Billy whispering in Janet 's ear .
27 Merrill 's head swam , but Luke leaned back with a grunt of satisfaction .
28 It was only when at last the girl sat back with a sigh of satisfaction , apparently replete , that he ventured to address her , his tone unwontedly gentle .
29 ‘ No , nobody knows 'em from Adam , ’ he nodded jovially at the gardener who flashed back with a wall of white teeth .
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