Example sentences of "[noun prp] came back to the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 ?
2 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 ’ .
3 The second and last time Sheila came back to the group was some months later .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Horne came back to the city and grew powerful on his riches .
9 Sophie heaved a long sigh , then looked up as Helen came back to the table , her face drawn and anxious .
10 The daylight faded when Raghunath came back to the teacher tired and dripping .
11 ‘ Rosa and … and Dolores came back to the house .
12 When the Bill came back to the Commons the question whether its reinsertion should be left again to a free vote of the House would raise some very difficult problems .
13 ‘ D' you remember — ’ I began when Otley came back to the car .
14 Dawson came back to the phone two or three minutes later .
15 Jenna came back to the present rapidly and painfully as she tripped over a fallen and partially sunken log .
16 Gerrard came back to the dais and held his hands up for silence , and though there was still a good deal of noise he made himself heard above it .
17 Quiss came back to the table by way of another small , though taller , table over on the far side of the room , where a few dirty cups and cracked glasses stood in a small tin basin under a dripping tap .
18 Tennis came back to the Olympics for the first time in Seoul , and maybe now that it is recognised again as an Olympic sport , it will become more important in East Germany .
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