Example sentences of "the [noun pl] came back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , when the bruises came back they were larger , more ragged . |
| 2 | Instead of scurrying away to hide in the weeds , the ducks came back . |
| 3 | It was strange having a sickle between her legs after all these months , but the reactions came back . |
| 4 | It paid dividends and , as the scheme grew , many of the beneficiaries came back in order to help others . |
| 5 | The songs came back to her now , and she thought of all the things she had n't had : a junior prom , dates , valentines , flowers . |
| 6 | After the war , the local people built some dikes , and as if from nowhere , the cranes came back . |
| 7 | A tow to the SS Reina Del Pacifico was followed by a wash in the Chief Petty Officers ' quarters , interrupted by two hits on the ship from a French battery , and when the canoeists came back on deck they found the canoe had been stripped by souvenir hunters , who now began asking for autographs . |
| 8 | Clapping their wings the gulls came back from the sea , |
| 9 | The visitors came back into the game with two penalty goals by Graves and could have turned ends 9–9 had he been successful with his third penalty goal on half-time . |
| 10 | The man with the keys came back . |
| 11 | The keys came back through the post , without even a thank-you note . |
| 12 | The damp retreated down the walls , the gardens came back to life and there was fresh food in the kitchen . |
| 13 | When the parents came back , the erm , gaping behaviour was exactly the same . |
| 14 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 15 | Very often , even though the planes came back safely , there would be dead and injured on board , and sometimes a damaged aircraft would have been unable to release its bombs either over the target or in the North Sea on the way home and would have to land back at base with the bombs still on board . |
| 16 | On December 11th , Meares and the dogs came back . |
| 17 | And so they sat with clammy hands for an hour and a half and let go only when the lights came back on . |
| 18 | Then the lights came back on , but Christine was n't there ! |
| 19 | The lights came back on and then a thud overhead made them all jump . |
| 20 | Fortunately a supply of candles was found and as the competing teams and their supporters arrived they settled down to some serious drinking as darts players do and nearly cleared the stock of bottled beer before the lights came back on . |
| 21 | Two nights later the bombers came back , this time with the right address . |
| 22 | The mannequin faded , and the snips came back . |
| 23 | All the grasses stood still in the wicked sunlight until the evil had to loosen its hold , and the shadows came back , and a little breeze , and the earth began to turn again . |
| 24 | Amstrad boss Mr Sugar was not at home , but a spokesman said if the demonstrators came back today they could have tea and biscuits with his wife . |
| 25 | As I sat there I recalled the words the Doctor had just spoken to me and the tears came back . |
| 26 | The echoes came back in waves , like a pebble rolling round a box , and from the wood across the river came the clattering of wood-pigeons ' wings among the branches . |
| 27 | I had my feet on the ground as the echoes came back . |
| 28 | Their knives were sent away for analysis and when the results came back indicating the presence of copper on the blades the rest of the suspects were released . |
| 29 | The girls were less politically conscious than the boys , although the staff would notice a more defensive attitude when the pupils came back from the townships after the holidays . |
| 30 | The men came back across the courtyard . |