Example sentences of "come back [prep] the [noun] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , is that why you thought it safe to come back to the parlour after your arduous work in the surgery ? ’ said McAllister dangerously , casting a sarcastic eye at the half-read novel in his hand . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're only vagabonds , not real Romanies , ’ Farmer Yatton told Cheryl and Angela-when he came back to the farmhouse after seeing the gipsies off his land . |
| 3 | The girls were less politically conscious than the boys , although the staff would notice a more defensive attitude when the pupils came back from the townships after the holidays . |
| 4 | She remembered coming back into the office after spending the morning talking to a woman who had started her own cosmetics business in her kitchen , and the pink message slip on her desk , saying that Matthew Prescott had called her . |
| 5 | Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows . |
| 6 | He listened to it , trying to will her to the phone ; imagining her coming back to the flat after being out ; she might hear the phone from the street … now she would put the key in the lock … now running up the stairs … now dashing in , dripping , short of breath , to grab the receiver … now … now . |
| 7 | Coming back to the family after being away for so long except for short periods , Joe saw them with new eyes . |
| 8 | He felt the way he had when he was eleven , coming back to the farm after school , knowing his mother was n't there and trying hard not to cry . |