Example sentences of "come back the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had emigrated with half her family to England when a baby , but they had all come back the night an auntie 's house in Derry had been seen on TV news , with the sofa flying from an upstairs window and loyalist thugs pouring petrol on the geraniums .
2 It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered .
3 Cos you remember we came round , we came back the night before the traction engine rally cos I did n't have time to get organized .
4 From a thousand voices came back the response : ‘ He is risen indeed , Alleluia ! ’
5 ‘ S'great ! ’ came back the response from King 's Reach Tower .
6 She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket .
7 Hot , bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street .
8 Everything that I do The other night when we came back the streets were deserted .
9 The watchman went to tell the local Chief and when he came back the body was gone . ’
10 ‘ Do n't be so silly , ’ came back the answer on the crest of a belch .
11 ‘ Si , Señor , ’ came back the answer .
12 ‘ There 's no eventually about it , ’ came back the answer with the speed of a striking snake .
13 ‘ Who goes there ? ’ came back the riposte .
14 ‘ I can only ‘ ope so , lad , for your sake , ’ came back the corporal 's reply .
15 ‘ A bit shifty round t'eyes , ’ came back the reply .
16 ‘ No , maister , ’ came back the reply .
17 ‘ Why not ? ’ came back the reply .
18 In sing-song came back the reply : ‘ A bonkeleh is a greisa kuss ’ — accompanied by a noisy demonstratory kiss on the child 's forehead .
19 ‘ Tommy Prescott , ’ came back the reply .
20 ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ?
21 perhaps the Monday after Christmas , and then coming back the Monday after .
22 ‘ If I do n't come back the gas mask is no good against it .
23 When my date comes back the credits are rolling on the first film .
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