Example sentences of "when the [noun pl] came back " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tow to the SS Reina Del Pacifico was followed by a wash in the Chief Petty Officers ' quarters , interrupted by two hits on the ship from a French battery , and when the canoeists came back on deck they found the canoe had been stripped by souvenir hunters , who now began asking for autographs . |
| 2 | Indeed , when the bruises came back they were larger , more ragged . |
| 3 | And so they sat with clammy hands for an hour and a half and let go only when the lights came back on . |
| 4 | When the parents came back , the erm , gaping behaviour was exactly the same . |
| 5 | The girls were less politically conscious than the boys , although the staff would notice a more defensive attitude when the pupils came back from the townships after the holidays . |
| 6 | When the children came back from school they found that still nothing had changed . |
| 7 | It was n't badly paid , and she could be at home when the children came back from school , and get their tea . |
| 8 | Their knives were sent away for analysis and when the results came back indicating the presence of copper on the blades the rest of the suspects were released . |