Example sentences of "come back with 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 | He is expecting City to come back with a bigger offer . |
| 4 | Then they went into the lead , only for Peterborough to come back with a late equaliser . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | But City came back with a late goal from Rosenior . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane . |
| 13 | Also , his P–40 came back with a different engine and three bladed prop . |
| 14 | He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer . |
| 15 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
| 16 | Athelstan saw money change hands and Cranston came back with a thick broomstick . |
| 17 | Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount . |
| 18 | She came back with a large smile . |
| 19 | She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter . |
| 20 | Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 22 | He went back to the bike and unlocked one of the panniers , coming back with a colourful helmet . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a queer sort of crossing of Greenland … coming back with a sick sheep . ’ |
| 24 | Ymor shifted his bulk out of the chair and crossed the room , coming back with a large raven . |
| 25 | It should be thrown out and the electorate should make their views known at a general election so that the Government can come back with a better Bill at a later stage . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Will you come back with a little rum in about ten minutes … ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If Halifax come back with a decent offer we 'll consider it . |
| 28 | The first day Emma had escorted Ruth to the gates and come back with a red nose . |
| 29 | After lunch he 'd go into the city and come back with a whole armful of roses , the price of many shirts . ’ |
| 30 | Hannah does that a lot , right , she goes to America and she comes back with an American accent , she goes to Scotland , she comes back with a Scottish accent , oh |