Example sentences of "came back [prep] the [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 | Trent suggested the Latinos came back into the water but they were n't keen . |
| 4 | She came back into the church and picked up her belongings . |
| 5 | As he came back into the hall , his face irregularly illuminated by its flame , she was overwhelmed by the dramatic beauty of his features . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Lee came back into the hide . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His Dad came back into the kitchen . |
| 11 | The zinc bath would soon be filled Charlie came back into the kitchen and was told the news . |
| 12 | Garry answered it and came back into the kitchen with two policemen . |
| 13 | He came back into the kitchen . |
| 14 | Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat . |
| 15 | She came back into the kitchen , rubbing her elbow . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking . |
| 18 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
| 19 | ‘ I went to the toilet and when I came back into the living room , one of them was trying it on with my wife . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 24 | The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Then she forgot her tears as Jack came back into the room . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Evelyn asked as he came back into the room . |
| 30 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |