Example sentences of "she come back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You think , ’ she began , dabbing at her eyes as she came back with the pad , ‘ you think someone — someone killed my Charlie because he would n't go on — go on doing these jobs for them ? ’
2 Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked .
3 Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain .
4 Now , as she came back to the present , Lady Merchiston 's own eyes were on her in a compelling look , demanding an answer .
5 She came back to the north with him after that and they lived together again for a time .
6 His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone .
7 When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin .
8 She came back to the table and excused herself .
9 Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat .
10 She came back into the kitchen , rubbing her elbow .
11 She came back into the church and picked up her belongings .
12 He lifted the phone and she followed his instructions to such good effect that fifteen minutes later she came back into the sitting-room , her overnight case in her hand .
13 When she came back into the office Dexter sat comatose , his eyelids drawn down like the venetian blinds , the only sign of wakefulness his fingers flicking absentmindedly through the pages of a gay magazine he had hidden inside one on gardening .
14 ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing .
15 When she came back into the house , her dress was wet through .
16 She came back into the room and shut and locked the door .
17 Marguerite looked a trifle anxiously at Jenna as she came back into the room .
18 She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch .
19 As she came back towards the drawing-room , Robert was waiting in the hall .
20 She came back from the telephone booth quickly , looking distracted .
21 ‘ When she came back from the doctor , she was crying in pain , ’ says Aszal Galiara .
22 She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa .
23 And she comes back to the Counts of Lusignan to foretell deaths — she is a kind of Dame Blanche , or Fata Bianca .
24 And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there .
25 She might phone about half past nine when she comes back from the hospital .
26 Find out what happened to her and why , according to the story , she comes back from the Underworld and brings spring to the earth .
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