Example sentences of "returned to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned to his digging . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Angel Clare returned to his hotel , and sat for a while over breakfast , staring into space . |
| 3 | They parted eventually on the same curious , jovial note , and Nicholas returned to his villa . |
| 4 | The Palace was Whibley 's only League club and , when he left us at the end of 1922–23 , he returned to his home town to play for Sittingbourne . |
| 5 | COUNTRY singer Billy Ray Cyrus returned to his home in Nashville , Tennessee , from his European tour to find fans had installed a gym . |
| 6 | His personal nightmare began at 1.15am last Wednesday when he returned to his home in Bramingham Green , Luton . |
| 7 | My earliest recollection of Fred was when , as a schoolboy , I watched spellbound as he returned to his home in Belfast holding aloft the old Claret Jug , signifying his victory at Hoylake in 1947 . |
| 8 | On his retirement in 1961 he returned to his home at Dunlop , Ayrshire , and devoted himself to analysis and further surveys of megalithic sites ( ‘ stone circles ’ ) from the Orkneys as far south as the well-known Carnac site in Brittany , with over 2,000 stones . |
| 9 | On Feb. 12 Mandela held his first press conference for the world 's media in Cape Town , and on the following day he returned to his home in Soweto , where he addressed a crowd of over 130,000 at a football stadium . |
| 10 | With the last call complete , Eddie returned to his home near Dumfermline . |
| 11 | After finishing his studies , and marrying Raisa , he returned to his home town to work his way up the Party hierarchy . |
| 12 | He returned to his encyclopedia . |
| 13 | Using the lunch-hour , Andy Laing returned to his apartment , packed his bags and caught the 3 p.m . |
| 14 | Not long afterwards she left the cabin , and Edward returned to his bunk to wait for the ship to sail , to take him back to Sweden . |
| 15 | When he returned to his camp in the evening he found it deserted : while he had been feasting , Tafari 's agents had persuaded his troops to return home . |
| 16 | He returned to his boy and the two of them continued with their play until it was time to go home for tea . |
| 17 | With a salute he returned to his machine . |
| 18 | Having made his eccentric gesture , John returned to his position at the bow of the boat and to the strains of a rousing strathspey he was rowed back to the shore . |
| 19 | Whipple insisted upon seeing Looking Glass , and as Bird Alighting returned to his chief 's lodge , a civilian suddenly shot a watching Nez Perce to the ground . |
| 20 | The senior Harmon was the best-playing club pro in golf , having won a Masters , then he returned to his golf shop . |
| 21 | He returned to his newspaper . |
| 22 | When Wycliffe had gone , Tate returned to his surgery and to his records . |
| 23 | When he had finished visiting all the positions he returned to his base at Ballykinler in time to get a couple of hours ' sleep before briefing the helicopter pilots who were to fly in support of the checkpoint operation . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't seem to have it , ’ Mr Crangle would say to the boy as they returned to his desk to find the book lying there , waiting for them . |
| 25 | Hugo returned to his desk . |
| 26 | He returned to his desk and sat down . |
| 27 | Then he returned to his desk and sat behind it . |
| 28 | Puzzling still , he returned to his desk . |
| 29 | Jonathan returned to his desk and tinkered at a console . |
| 30 | With a little grunt , he returned to his cooking and she regretted her abrupt refusal . |