Example sentences of "[noun] had returned [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The party continued after Bibit had returned to his cell , and at 2.45 a.m. the gates had been opened to allow the delivery of further stocks of alcohol . |
| 2 | Ten minutes later Doctor Jekyll had returned to his own shape and was sitting down , pretending to eat breakfast . |
| 3 | Gerard had returned to his home in the Catholic area off North Queen Street after a trip to the local swimming baths with friends . |
| 4 | After Tom had returned to his cottage taking Carrie with him it snowed heavily once more , and this time the drifts in the lane to the farm defied all the efforts of Tom and his improvised horse-drawn snow-plough . |
| 5 | The colour had returned to his cheeks . |
| 6 | When Jesus had returned to his Father the apostles did as he had told them and returned to the city . |
| 7 | Miguelito had returned to his seat on the cabin top . |
| 8 | Gordon Turner , 61 , enlisted the help of The Northern Echo , trusting that his long-lost friend had returned to his native Darlington . |
| 9 | Huy had returned to his house in order to work out a way of getting into the brothel known by the impious name of the Glory of Set — Nebamun had been right , he found that he simply could not let the whole thing drop , and now there was a friend 's death to be avenged — when the message had come for him from the palace compound . |
| 10 | Despite all the fraternal banqueting , Khrushchev had returned from his first visit to Peking in 1954 and told his colleagues ‘ Conflict with China is inevitable . ’ |
| 11 | Finally , when Schisgal had returned to his interrupted slumbers , Mortimer and Yates brought up the subject of the purpose of their visit . |
| 12 | He idly wondered if Joscelyn had returned to his old ways and was engaged in some petty smuggling . |
| 13 | When Dan had returned after his drink , wiping his mouth and looking cooler , she had been silent . |
| 14 | Mr Litmus had returned to his lab and prepared a small bottle of acid , hoping it was enough to burn through the metal bars . |
| 15 | Mr Broadhurst had returned from his summer break . |
| 16 | The prosecution case was that the murder was premeditated , the evidence of the premeditation being , as the prosecution suggested , that Mr. Pegg had returned to his home to fetch the knife before setting out to meet Goddard . |
| 17 | It was almost immediately clear that , though a rather greying skinhead now , Mr Tebbit had returned to his roots . |
| 18 | Nigger had returned to his ship after that leave and almost killed a petty officer in a drunken rage . |