Example sentences of "came back [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing . |
| 2 | I came back into the house soon afterwards , but Emily walked for an hour or two in the rain with her dog , Keeper . |
| 3 | When she came back into the house , her dress was wet through . |
| 4 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 5 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |
| 6 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 7 | About a week later , I finished work early one day and came back to the house . |
| 8 | Stephen had a meeting with the shop steward the following morning at 8.30 , and came back to the house afterwards shouting to Victor the butler for strong black coffee . |
| 9 | When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin . |
| 10 | Later on that night Clare also came back to the house . |
| 11 | Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Rosa and … and Dolores came back to the house . |
| 13 | He came back to the house crying his eyes out . ’ |
| 14 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |