Example sentences of "came back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ We were quite surprised when it came back as a 15 after all the controversy . |
| 2 | But City came back with a late goal from Rosenior . |
| 3 | On this occasion he did not succeed in finding any penguin 's eggs , but came back with a live penguin , and with the eggs of various gulls . |
| 4 | Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin . |
| 5 | He came back with a young fellow in lycra suit , dark glasses , poser gear and all , whom he claimed to have grabbed off the streets of the town with a £10 inducement ! |
| 6 | But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half . |
| 7 | He came back with a strong cardboard box and helped Mum to pack everything in it . |
| 8 | Quality manager Francine Galivel says the objective of the visit was fully achieved because everyone — the shift operator , the operator who loads the tanker , the person who plans the haulier 's despatch notes , the chemist who checks that the product meets specifications — all came back with a better understanding of how their jobs fit into the unbroken line from supplier to end product . |
| 9 | Woolley came back with a wooden model of a biplane . |
| 10 | There was some problem that one of them went back and talked to , presumably dad , perhaps mum though , erm and came back with a lovely engineered solution , but that did n't matter — they had fun doing it and they had fun trying these things and , believe me , the answer were ever so close to what the design I was amazed with what they produced . |
| 11 | Also , his P–40 came back with a different engine and three bladed prop . |
| 12 | He noted the awed curiosity on the younger man 's face on hearing his name , but the boy came back with a swift answer . |
| 13 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
| 14 | Athelstan saw money change hands and Cranston came back with a thick broomstick . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She came back with a large smile . |
| 17 | She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter . |
| 18 | Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears . |
| 19 | ‘ Tuesday was the day he went off in the van and came back with a bruised face ; presumably you 've got a record of the people he called on that day ? |
| 20 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
| 21 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 22 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
| 23 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 24 | About halfway across the Channel a man in a plastic mackintosh came back to a nearby table and announced that the rain had finally stopped — just our luck , he added . |
| 25 | That came back through a separate AC30 so they could both distort to their hearts ’ content and not interfere with each other . |
| 26 | Johnson , stripped of his 100m Olympic gold medal in 1988 as well as world indoor and outdoor world records , came back from a two-year steroid suspension in 1991. — Reuter . |
| 27 | One day , their father Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey . |
| 28 | It is only two weeks since Gough came back from a multiple fracture of the cheekbone . |
| 29 | It is only two weeks since Gough came back from a multiple fracture of the cheekbone . |
| 30 | So this was how a submarine came back from a successful patrol ! |