Example sentences of "[vb past] back [prep] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Adam at least came back with a grain of comfort , though for the dead Harry , not the living . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He came back with a clutch of drinks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He came back with a brace of fish of a species she could n't put a name to . |
| 7 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 8 | Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | He came back with a handful of pebbles . |
| 11 | Then everything came back in a wave of anguish and she ducked her head under the water and made herself hold her eyes open until they smarted with pain . |
| 12 | He parked the car a street away and walked back through a gauntlet of whispers and stony smiles . |
| 13 | Eventually she got up , removed the bung once more with a gloved hand , and stepped back as a tongue of yellow flame licked out at her . |
| 14 | Charlotte hung back in a corner of the room , and let them encircle him with their attentions . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 18 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 19 | He went back for a plate of sandwiches and Melissa was surprised to find that she was hungry . |
| 20 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 21 | An illuminating example of this kind of recognition on the part of teachers is provided by a lengthy continuation sheet clipped to one of the returned questionnaires and sent back by a member of one of the departments . |
| 22 | She flicked back through a number of the loose-leaf pages , quickly at first and then slowing as the date that she was seeking came closer . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He leaned back with a sign of contentment and , over his fifth pint of cider , observed Billy whispering in Janet 's ear . |
| 25 | Merrill 's head swam , but Luke leaned back with a grunt of satisfaction . |
| 26 | Her leg cracked against a trailer bar that sloped back to a set of wheels . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ No , nobody knows 'em from Adam , ’ he nodded jovially at the gardener who flashed back with a wall of white teeth . |