Example sentences of "came back [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount .
2 I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day .
3 She got out of bed and thought everything over very carefully , and although it was difficult to keep emotion out of it , she still came back to the self-same answer .
4 It came back to the same thing .
5 He was awarded his first degree by the college where he was now a fellow , spent a year in the United States , and came back to the same college to complete his PhD .
6 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 ?
7 She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious .
8 But after six weeks the colour came back in the same region .
9 The attendant came back after a few minutes , its little red boots ruffling the hem of its robe .
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