Example sentences of "on [pos pn] return [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my return she said my man had not woken and the S.S.O. had been in . |
| 2 | On my return I developed a pain in my chest and rang my GP . |
| 3 | On my return I intend to complete the document and get publication underway . |
| 4 | On my return I intend to complete the document and get publication underway . |
| 5 | He said this would be all right since on my return I should still be within the age limit for joining the Political Service . |
| 6 | On my return I found the doors had been forced . |
| 7 | On my return I discovered the score was 1–0 to England , and later found out the goal was scored by Mark Tinkler ! |
| 8 | On her return she flopped into an armchair , and we smiled at each other . |
| 9 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 10 | On her return she was imprisoned for sedition , a charge arising from articles published in her newspaper during her absence . |
| 11 | On her return she laid the cloth , collected the knives and plates , sounded the gong for breakfast . |
| 12 | He had left suddenly while Rachel had been on leave and on her return she 'd been told that another officer had been appointed but she 'd had no time to find out anything about him . |
| 13 | On her return she was promptly plunged back into teaching by Caroline Little , and at present she is working as Caroline 's assistant in her Classes for the Elderly . |
| 14 | Astronomers may travel into the depths of space and time , but on their return they must still convince their colleagues of the truth of what they saw . |
| 15 | On their return they were given the Charles University which they absorbed into the Clementinum , and the emperor became their protector . |
| 16 | On their return they received names in recognition of their war service , ‘ Maude ’ being named after Lt Gen Sir Stanley Maude , who revived the faltering campaign against the Turks in Mesopotamia and led the British forces into Baghdad in March , 1917 . |
| 17 | On their return they would again be entirely dependent on Australian state benefits . |
| 18 | It was understood that on their return they would have tea on Grace . |
| 19 | On their return they discovered he had not only done as instructed but painted the trees which lined the drive as well . |
| 20 | Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office . |
| 21 | And there was the additional point that on their return they had appeared cheerful , as if from a windfall . |
| 22 | He will be gone about a month and on his return we shall go to Sydney as quickly as we can … |
| 23 | On his return he took a more active part and in the House of Commons bore the brunt of the hostility of Mervyn Rees , the Labour Northern Ireland Secretary , but the relations between Paisley and the paramilitaries were never entirely cordial or trusting . |
| 24 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 25 | On his return he also acted as an unpaid adviser to Yale about other possible English choices . |
| 26 | On his return he was ; topped by Mrs Titcombe and questioned about his stepmother . |
| 27 | Jimmy was always quiet , even speechless , before ops , but on his return he was a different person . |
| 28 | On his return he settled at last under the protection of Cuthbert , first in the saint 's own resting place at Durham , then in a hermitage under the protection of Durham cathedral priory at Finchale by the river Wear — and the rest of his life is filled with his prayers and visions and miracles at Finchale . |
| 29 | On his return he puzzled me by behaving exactly as I expected an S.S.O. to behave . |
| 30 | On his return he found an island in the grip of suspicion . |