Example sentences of "return [pers pn] to the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night . |
| 2 | Those who agreed were given an envelope in which to seal their completed questionnaire before returning it to the member of staff . |
| 3 | The Legion would return you to the place at which they had taken charge of you . |
| 4 | Linda appeared with her bicycle , and reluctantly returned it to the gloom of the garage when Chrissie called to her to do so . |
| 5 | Is not it a fact that the Labour party would throw out of the window all the grant-maintained schools and return them to the control of its friends in the town halls ? |
| 6 | Caledor devised a plan to gather these energies and return them to the Realm of Chaos , to create a cosmic vortex that would drain the magic from the world , and save its inhabitants from Chaos . |
| 7 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 8 | Liquidise or sieve half the soup and return it to the pot with the remainder . |
| 9 | Please complete the enclosed form ‘ Drug Testing Programme April 1988 — March 1989 ’ and return it to the Council by 26 February 1988 . |
| 10 | If you 'd like to see John released , please complete the form and return it to the Friends of John McCarthy , PO Box 80 , London WC1X 8XE . |
| 11 | 4 Transfer the rack and duck to a plate and return it to the oven to ‘ rest ’ with the heat now turned off and the door slightly ajar . |
| 12 | Staughton J considered ( obiter and on a hypothetical basis ) the effect of a term in a contract for the sale of a ship which excluded liability unless the buyer gave the supplier a chance to rectify faults and required the buyer to return it to the shipyard for repair . |
| 13 | A truck waits on the shore to return us to the world of air-conditioners , crisp white sheets and hot showers , a world sustained by the river , and one whose insatiable demands are destroying it . |
| 14 | He even pursues stragglers and returns them to the nest in his mouth . |
| 15 | As far as the banks are concerned , they have no change in their balances in the Bank of England ( the government spends less money but then returns it to the banks by buying bills ) , but banks have fewer bills and hence fewer liquid assets . |
| 16 | This returns us to the notion of the ‘ objective ’ interests of the capitalist class . |
| 17 | This returns us to the association of homosexuality with sameness remarked at the outset . |