Example sentences of "come [verb] back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 2 | He was climbing on the barrier so he came to go back into the room to tell you what he was doing when Dale fell . ’ |
| 3 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 4 | She came stumbling back into the dining car followed by a commotion of people yelling behind her . |
| 5 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 6 | Shelley too leaped to his feet , shrieking , and knocked his chair over , so that Mary came running back into the room . |
| 7 | As they stood looking and listening , the two boys who Renee had chased off the pillbox earlier , came running back towards the pub from the riverbank . |
| 8 | He came running back from the grave the day we reached here , saying someone had been tampering , and we could scarcely believe it . |
| 9 | Then he came roaring back down the road in a cold fury . |
| 10 | There was a yell , and then Burun came trotting back through the trees . |
| 11 | Saskia bent and retrieved her missile , then the Twins came pelting back to the ship . |
| 12 | She comes running back into the room . |