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

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1 She assumed that , having had time to think things over , he was going to come back with the decision to tell Marc everything that had led up to this crazy engagement of theirs .
2 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 .
3 So I told him that when he came back with the policeman .
4 She glared at him venomously but went out , came back with the machine , sucked up the snow , left without a word .
5 ‘ 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 ? ’
6 But then the Cat 's head slowly began to vanish , and when the executioner came back with the Duchess , there was nothing there .
7 We came back with the ice creams and we sat there , just sitting there , all in a row .
8 When Nara came back with the milk , the calf had collapsed , exhausted .
9 He came back with the torch and shone it on her .
10 He came back with the basin of cold water and put more cold compresses on her ankle .
11 ‘ My father came back with the cross ; his friend , Major Hope , paid for my mother 's treatment .
12 He came back with the tin and two jumpers , one of which he tossed on her lap .
13 Leni came back with the coffee and poured it into two non-matching teacups .
14 Sacco and Nooty came back with the news .
15 James came back with the book .
16 Presently the nurse came back with the paper .
17 By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track .
18 It was already in her hand before he spoke , and by the time the men came back with the table and pillows they were running in normal saline through a line in his hand .
19 Mum came back with the chopper and Dad brandished a heavy lump of wood .
20 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 .
21 ‘ And with reason , ’ said Comfort , coming back with the brandy .
22 Women are now coming back with the end of an old , discontinued lipstick , or a favourite dress , and asking us to match it . ’
23 Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later .
24 I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake .
25 I do not know whether the Minister will come back with the news that the farmers want .
26 I have my orders — come back with the money or without you .
27 Then , when I come back with the welding torch , no sign of the bastard .
28 When Bill comes back with the pot they change the subject .
29 ‘ When my wife comes back with the shopping we 're going to try out this new jib ; she 'll be back any minute .
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