Example sentences of "[noun prp] 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 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
3 | ‘ 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 ? |
4 | 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 ’ . |
5 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The bottle was in his hand when Nicandra came back from the kitchen . |
9 | Fitzosbert came back into the room and Cranston laid some silver on the table . |
10 | The second and last time Sheila came back to the group was some months later . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | It was eight o'clock the following morning when Ben came back from the town . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
15 | He put her into bed and drew the sheets over her and Maggie came back to the reality of the lamplit room with a bang as he strode away , collecting his tools of mercy and making for the door without looking at her . |
16 | Laura was still roughly chastising herself , and attempting to ignore the hard knot of unsatisfied desire still gripping her body , when Ross came back into the room . |
17 | When Nara came back with the milk , the calf had collapsed , exhausted . |
18 | God , it was Tessa coming back from the bathroom ! |
19 | Her teeth stopped chattering , and when Matthew came back with the tea and the whisky , he remarked that the colour had come back into her face . |
20 | Matthew came back into the room . |
21 | Union Canal was renewed almost immediately by the Grand Junction , and Foxton came back into the picture . |
22 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
23 | When Fred came back to the table , the two old friends suddenly fused and started to laugh , while Daisy had to wait upon them as their natural audience . |
24 | Horne came back to the city and grew powerful on his riches . |
25 | Sophie heaved a long sigh , then looked up as Helen came back to the table , her face drawn and anxious . |
26 | Leeds started out the second half the way they played the first , but lost their way badly during the course with Oldham coming back into the game strongly . |
27 | Only later did Oliver Michaels come back with the sobering news that the hotel was strangely full of policemen , that there was no breakfast to be had save for coffee and muffins , without a trek to the Albion Hotel , and moreover there was thought to be something odd about Sir Thomas 's death which no one would specify . |
28 | And if you do n't get that amount , presumably Finmere comes back into the picture again ? |
29 | The daylight faded when Raghunath came back to the teacher tired and dripping . |
30 | But when the man Harry came back without the pirate , Silver seemed angry — and I believed he was . |