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

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1 They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll .
2 ‘ If I did wait for Garry to come back into the fold , what would you be doing ? ’
3 ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago .
4 Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment .
5 ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ?
6 Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ .
7 In his first reign at Everton , Kendall 's fortunes changed when his side came back from the dead in a Milk Cup tie against Oxford back in 1984 .
8 Angela 's mummy came back with the red mack .
9 The evening light came through the skylights high overhead , glossing the scurfy backs , the sores , the scabby manes , and a soft echo came back from the walls of the vast , bare concrete building of animal content , feeding .
10 A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune .
11 Even more basic , though , was the pressure on a Celtic team playing for their dignity and self respect and who did so in such a convincing manner that all diagnoses of the final result came back to the same conundrum , where does the level of commitment shown against Rangers go when Liam Brady needs it most ?
12 After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony .
13 There 's Bigwig coming back along the bottom , and the other two with him . "
14 Earlier rate cuts are beginning to filter through the economy and the retail trade is making optimistic noises about shoppers coming back to the High Street .
15 The thump of the back wheel coming back into the gutter brought Bob 's window down .
16 ‘ Pilots are the most important factor in the treatment of an engine ’ , commented Tony , who has seen several powerplants come back to the care of his team long before they need have done , had they been handled correctly .
17 The ‘ Lang comes back from the grave ’ phenomenon makes the whole election seem a disaster for the anti-unionist forces , but it was much less of one than 1979 .
18 By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go .
19 After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel .
20 The bottle was in his hand when Nicandra came back from the kitchen .
21 Fitzosbert came back into the room and Cranston laid some silver on the table .
22 The second and last time Sheila came back to the group was some months later .
23 When Ben came back to the table he placed the fork with great ceremony to the side of Millie 's plate , saying , ‘ There you are , madam .
24 It was eight o'clock the following morning when Ben came back from the town .
25 Mum came back with the chopper and Dad brandished a heavy lump of wood .
26 As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on .
27 Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room .
28 They then tell the other child to come back into the room .
29 Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea ,
30 When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking .
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