Example sentences of "come back [prep] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | You have come back in a funny mood . |
6 | Then they went into the lead , only for Peterborough to come back with a late equaliser . |
7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
11 | But City came back with a late goal from Rosenior . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin . |
14 | 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 ! |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane . |
17 | Also , his P–40 came back with a different engine and three bladed prop . |
18 | He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer . |
19 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
20 | Athelstan saw money change hands and Cranston came back with a thick broomstick . |
21 | She came back with a large smile . |
22 | She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter . |
23 | Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears . |
24 | ‘ Tuesday was the day he went off in the van and came back with a bruised face ; presumably you 've got a record of the people he called on that day ? |
25 | And still laughing , Charlie said , ‘ But I did what you lot did n't do : I came back with an Irish jig , and then , ‘ We 'll Meet Again ’ and ‘ Roll Out The Barrel ’ . |
26 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
27 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
28 | About halfway across the Channel a man in a plastic mackintosh came back to a nearby table and announced that the rain had finally stopped — just our luck , he added . |
29 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
30 | It is only two weeks since Gough came back from a multiple fracture of the cheekbone . |