Example sentences of "he [vb past] back [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of his suspicions about women since Angela Deverill 's treatment of him came back with a rush , and he could not tell whether McAllister was registering shame or guilt . |
| 2 | But he came back to a letter from dole chiefs telling him he would not get his income support cash for the 2 1/2 weeks he was away . |
| 3 | He came back with a clutch of drinks . |
| 4 | Marsh went away and was not silly for he came back with a micro-testing machine which worked , which he had designed and built himself . |
| 5 | Went down the road and he came back with a video . |
| 6 | He came back with a handful of pebbles . |
| 7 | Anyway , skirt hangers are on springs and it was rather interesting because he came back with a skirt hanger and also a er kitchen roll tube itself , he said I 've got an idea Mr ! |
| 8 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He came back with a brace of fish of a species she could n't put a name to . |
| 11 | Major certainly changed his life as he came back with a lot more than just a sun tan . |
| 12 | When he came back in a temper sometimes , or been drinking , Cis told me they would put Rich on the kitchen table and tell him to dance . |
| 13 | He came back after a while with a tray bearing two plates . |
| 14 | Logie and Dujon were steering the game their way when Dujon was bowled as he stepped back for a cover drive , and that was the turning point . |
| 15 | So he went back to a boy — one of the best , came highly recommended . |
| 16 | He went back for a plate of sandwiches and Melissa was surprised to find that she was hungry . |
| 17 | He carried the curved steel tray over to the cage and set it down just out of reach , leaving it in view as he went back for a chair . |
| 18 | " Keep tambourine a-rolling , " he said to nobody before he went back into a silence that remained unbroken while he ate his fish . |
| 19 | but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the |
| 20 | And he fell back with a sigh . |
| 21 | With ten laps to go , he fell back with a puncture and Andretti inherited the lead , with Hunt second . |
| 22 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 23 | He leaned back with a sign of contentment and , over his fifth pint of cider , observed Billy whispering in Janet 's ear . |
| 24 | He struck back with a knife which fell in the struggle from his chest of drawers . |