Example sentences of "[conj] come back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assure him I will return with a treaty that I can recommend to the House or come back without a treaty . |
| 2 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 3 | No , went on a hovercraft well wen went on the hovercraft and came back on a , a ferry on the boat . |
| 4 | He walked to his tool shed and came back with a garden spade . |
| 5 | Ian went off and came back with a box the same size as the ones that had been used for the train . |
| 6 | And last night she went to a do at the American Embassy and came back with a packet of chocolate cookies — er — biscuits , no less . ’ |
| 7 | Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water . |
| 8 | For example , they describe a child reading the following passage from " Black Beauty " : Then someone ran to our master 's house and came back with a gun ; presently there was a loud bang and a dreadful shriek , and then all was still ; the black horse moved no more . |
| 9 | The prince scraped up the money they had set aside to repair the roof again and Anna went off to India with some English acquaintances and stayed with the viceroy and came back with a ruby . |
| 10 | He left the library and came back with a riding crop . |
| 11 | He went into the small scullery and came back with a pomander , a ball of cloth stuffed with cloves and herbs . |
| 12 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 15 | She got up from her chair , went to a cupboard and came back with a crusty roll and a dish of butter . |
| 16 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 17 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 18 | Zena Blair went shopping in the Northcott Centre last week and came back with a computer in her trolly . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 22 | Our job is to go over there and come back with a result which keeps everything alive for us in the second leg at Parkhead . ’ |
| 23 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 24 | After lunch he 'd go into the city and come back with a whole armful of roses , the price of many shirts . ’ |
| 25 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 26 | An Irishman had denied belonging to an illegal terrorist organisation ; one of the Sergeants had left the room and come back with a photocopy of a warrant for his arrest issued by the RUC in Dundalk . |
| 27 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 28 | The first day Emma had escorted Ruth to the gates and come back with a red nose . |
| 29 | Budget sub-committee said , we understand that , what we 're asking , what we ask is that the er , director of finance and the Chief Executive look at it and come back with a report . |
| 30 | and come back as a bloody teenager with big tits and everything . |