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

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1 As she came back towards the drawing-room , Robert was waiting in the hall .
2 By the Canal Turn he was second , and he kept up his gallop as the field came back towards the stands , taking up the running with three fences to go .
3 She came back as a ghost . ’
4 But I came back as a Gnome .
5 Trent suggested the Latinos came back into the water but they were n't keen .
6 She came back into the church and picked up her belongings .
7 As he came back into the hall , his face irregularly illuminated by its flame , she was overwhelmed by the dramatic beauty of his features .
8 Robins became senior staff nurse , the other staff nurses moved up one , and the senior student nurse in the A.R.R. Unit came back into the Hall as an acting staff nurse .
9 Lee came back into the hide .
10 He lifted the phone and she followed his instructions to such good effect that fifteen minutes later she came back into the sitting-room , her overnight case in her hand .
11 By the time he came back into the sitting-room , carrying a couple of tumblers , Lisa had seated herself nervously in one of the armchairs .
12 His Dad came back into the kitchen .
13 The zinc bath would soon be filled Charlie came back into the kitchen and was told the news .
14 Garry answered it and came back into the kitchen with two policemen .
15 He came back into the kitchen .
16 Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat .
17 She came back into the kitchen , rubbing her elbow .
18 The presbyterians also had misgivings , and only came back into the system in 1838 when they were practically guaranteed control of their own schools within it .
19 When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking .
20 The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear .
21 ‘ I went to the toilet and when I came back into the living room , one of them was trying it on with my wife .
22 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 .
23 When she came back into the office Dexter sat comatose , his eyelids drawn down like the venetian blinds , the only sign of wakefulness his fingers flicking absentmindedly through the pages of a gay magazine he had hidden inside one on gardening .
24 When he came back into the doorway of the room where she waited , he had a duffle coat over his arm , and was carrying a folding garden-bed with a rigid aluminium frame and a patterned canvas cover printed with brilliant sunflowers .
25 Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room .
26 The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone .
27 I left them together while I went to make some coffee , and when I came back into the room , Shanti was saying , ‘ Patsy , where do I get my big feet from ?
28 The old woman said something and Simon turned and came back into the room and stood by the deerskin pallet on which Hugh was lying .
29 Then she forgot her tears as Jack came back into the room .
30 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 .
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