Example sentences of "come back [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've mentioned it to him and what he 's saying is come back with a firm proposal . |
| 2 | Last weekend she had gone home to visit her parents , and had come back with a huge bag crammed with brightly wrapped parcels from her mother and father , her three older , married sisters , and all the nieces and nephews they had produced between them . |
| 3 | Now talk some more and let me hear whether you 've come back with an American accent . " |
| 4 | I feel bitter that while I was out there I was somebody but I 've come back as a third class citizen . |
| 5 | ‘ Dear Loretta , ’ she read , ‘ I 've just come back from an official trip to Italy , and I squeezed in a visit to a peace camp while I was there . |
| 6 | You have come back in a funny mood . |
| 7 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 8 | He is expecting City to come back with a bigger offer . |
| 9 | Then they went into the lead , only for Peterborough to come back with a late equaliser . |
| 10 | ‘ The Shiah , for example , or at least the ones in Iran , believe that the Twelfth Imam — who disappeared in mysterious circumstances over a thousand years ago — is going to come back with a huge army and take over the world . ’ |
| 11 | Rangers are waiting for Keegan to come back with an improved offer after rejecting a staggering £3.3m bid , and Keegan could offer transfer-listed Franz Carr as the makeweight in a new player-cash deal . |
| 12 | The counsellor made it clear that if they wanted to come back at a later stage , they would be welcome . |
| 13 | After countless ages I seemed to come back to a real realisation that I was continuing to breathe , even if with difficulty , and did n't seem in immediate danger of stopping . |
| 14 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |
| 15 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |
| 16 | Witney Town turned in an excellent performance to come back from a two goal deficit to snatch a point against mid-table Yate . |
| 17 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 18 | But City came back with a late goal from Rosenior . |
| 19 | On this occasion he did not succeed in finding any penguin 's eggs , but came back with a live penguin , and with the eggs of various gulls . |
| 20 | Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin . |
| 21 | He came back with a young fellow in lycra suit , dark glasses , poser gear and all , whom he claimed to have grabbed off the streets of the town with a £10 inducement ! |
| 22 | But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half . |
| 23 | Quality manager Francine Galivel says the objective of the visit was fully achieved because everyone — the shift operator , the operator who loads the tanker , the person who plans the haulier 's despatch notes , the chemist who checks that the product meets specifications — all came back with a better understanding of how their jobs fit into the unbroken line from supplier to end product . |
| 24 | Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane . |
| 25 | Also , his P–40 came back with a different engine and three bladed prop . |
| 26 | He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer . |
| 27 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
| 28 | Athelstan saw money change hands and Cranston came back with a thick broomstick . |
| 29 | She came back with a large smile . |
| 30 | She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter . |