Example sentences of "come back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had come back across the river and they were in a street close to the Embassy . |
| 2 | He did not believe that Rose , if she had come back into the flat , would have let the cat out , or left it unfed . |
| 3 | But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’ |
| 4 | Sam Somerville had come back into the room , shouting at the bugs : ‘ He 's gone . |
| 5 | Sandra had come back into the room , and somehow she was at Matthew 's side , holding his hand and weeping . |
| 6 | The trouble was that Deborah had never come back through the wood before , only the one way — to Pack Meetings . |
| 7 | The three of them had come back down the tunnel to the entrance , with the man pushing Nona in front of him as a hostage . |
| 8 | He 'd have come back at the weekend , most likely . |
| 9 | She had come back to the nursery ready to sympathize with Nannie about the underarm cramp caused by her inside . |
| 10 | After wartime service in the RAF he had come back to the School , and with his friends Mr. Norris and Mr. Hardie had helped to introduce Rugby to the School . |
| 11 | He says a boy had gone away for a weekend and had come back to the school with the tablets and then sold them . |
| 12 | It was in fact a long time before all the rabbits had come back to the hollow in the middle of the field . |
| 13 | Top flight football should have come back to The Valley . |
| 14 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 15 | ‘ Two other factors will make us a better team this season — Keith Finlay has come back to the club from North Fermanagh and that has stiffened our batting while Tony Johnson from Barbados is a superb all rounder . ’ |
| 16 | It is interesting , is n't it , that er I knew the road to Damascus was long , but I did n't realise it were that long cos on the second of July the Tories moved an amendment at P and R criticising us for spending money on the Lord Mayor 's car , but I 'm glad to see that you 've come back to the fold . |
| 17 | The woman had come back to the farm 's archway from where she and two men stared nervously up the road towards Frasnes . |
| 18 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 19 | Toby had come back for the moment . |
| 20 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
| 21 | The mitre template has since come back onto the market , but at prices like £18-£20 and considering the relatively small amount of work in which it is employed , some readers will no doubt feel that they could spend that money more profitably , so will want to make their own . |
| 22 | They should also be in frequent contact with all of the somewhat numerous organisations involved in the rural development of the Western Isles , and with the admirable young people who have come back from the mainland to work at the grass-roots level . |
| 23 | The problem pupils who 've come back from the brink . |
| 24 | So get in the old shed and then we got a load of swedes , we put it in rack and we come out like chips , chips of raw swede , and then sugar beet pulp , which had come back from the factory . |
| 25 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 26 | But no , she could not ride tomorrow , her boots had not come back from the shoemaker 's . |
| 27 | I mean , I know that a lot of the calls they get are practical , people have come back from the Gulf with no money , no home , I mean they 've lived there for years and years and years , without the family network sometimes to keep them going , or friends , friends , they 've , they 've lost all of their , and it 's , it 's not easy . |
| 28 | On Friday night , Tina phoned just after Jack had come back from the supermarket with the weekend shopping . |
| 29 | he had come back from the meeting with Patrick , and he had opened a bottle of whisky … automatically his had reached for it , found it between his legs , and he was raising it to his lips when the hurried knocking shook the door again . |
| 30 | Well they have n't come back from the shop yet . |