Example sentences of "they have returned [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they 'd returned to the stable and George had got back to the House about midnight . |
| 2 | She dearly loved the twins , but over the last two days , since they 'd returned to Liz and Owen 's apartment , her cousin 's ancient washing-machine had seemed to be going non-stop ! |
| 3 | And they 've returned to their favourite in Minehead , Somerset , 126 times . |
| 4 | They had returned on the late theatre train , and it had been most pleasant walking down from the railway station and along the seafront so late at night ; ah , to have a pretty girl by one 's side , and the touch of her lips on yours . |
| 5 | Later , they had returned on sailboards , taking advantage of the breeze that had sprung up around lunchtime . |
| 6 | Once he even knocked them both down the stairs and sent them to bed with no dinner because they had returned with nothing . |
| 7 | David called Mick Ronson and Woody Woodmansey ( after making ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , they had returned to Hull where they lived ) and invited them back to prepare for the next album , ‘ Hunky Dory ’ . |
| 8 | It was as though they had returned to the relationship there had been between them on Ridgery Butts when he had taught her to use the bow , and encouraged her with gentle praise . |
| 9 | After they had returned to their tent , 46-year-old Michael White crept in . |
| 10 | It was only after they had returned to the living room that she asked the question as she poured tea . |
| 11 | Only sometimes in dreams the terrible days of the siege , which were like the dark foundation of the civilized life they had returned to , would return years later to visit them : then they would awake , terrified and sweating , to find themselves in white starched linen , in a comfortable bed , in peaceful England . |
| 12 | Intolerant workers tended to show cycles longer or shorter than twenty-four hours when they were on shifts , although they had normal twenty-four cycles when they had returned to day-work . |
| 13 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 14 | Later that night , when they had returned to his mother 's house , David suddenly said : |
| 15 | Chuck and Joseph , flushed and tousle-haired from their dip , looked in to bid her goodnight , and after they had returned to their hut she tried to resume her book by the lamp . |
| 16 | They had returned to the Operations Room , where Bernice was surprised to hear Ace 's voice — as far as anyone knew she was recovering with the rest of her party on Moloch — and even more surprised to hear it raised in anger and directed at — of all people — the Doctor . |
| 17 | The rooms were hollow about her , unresponsive , as though , resentful of her absence , they had returned to desuetude and would not lightly be chivvied back . |
| 18 | They had returned to Oxford from Burford in the early evening . |
| 19 | After they had returned to the office there was a phone call to say that the trap had been sprung , the bait removed and a note left in the empty trap : ‘ Thanks for the tasty morsels — Top Cat ! ’ |
| 20 | Following a 36-hour offensive , the government claimed on Nov. 1 to have routed the rebels , but it was unclear whether they had returned to Uganda or had dispersed within Rwanda . |
| 21 | And yet , ever since they had returned to New York , Laura had barely had more than a few minutes ' private conversation with her husband . |
| 22 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 23 | Will you have an opportunity to meet nurses who have already completed a similar course whether they have returned to practice or not ? |
| 24 | It is very much to the credit of my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Environment that they have returned to basics and have not looked at finance in isolation . |