Example sentences of "[noun pl] have returned [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few decades , forests and animals had returned to the shattered islands which were all that remained of Krakatoa 's outer rim ; and from the waters between them emerged an ominous smoking mound , sometimes growing at a rate of more than three feet a month . |
| 2 | Since then , field parties have returned to the Allan Hills region every year and collected more than 1200 specimens . |
| 3 | Indeed by an irony of timing , within a week of the Rolls tragedy , three further restored Spitfires have returned to the air and these will be the subject of some study to follow . |
| 4 | The last crew from one of the region 's biggest air force bases has returned from the Gulf . |
| 5 | I was watching from high up , from the upper part of the grandstand , above the Clubhouse floor to which the owners had returned in a chattering flock to watch the race . |
| 6 | Owners of island farm-holdings have returned to the island to carry out extensive ploughing in an effort to force sheep owners to remove their flocks . |
| 7 | But the best was saved till last , when Western province and Eastern province produced an excellent Benson & Hedges day/night final at the packed Wanderers , just a couple of days after the South Africans had returned from the World Cup . |
| 8 | Private-sector investment has increased ; some middle-class households have returned to the city ; and service-sector employment has increased . |
| 9 | The Frome Turnpike Trustees have returned to the scene ; the powers vested in them by previous legislation having been insufficient to meet their needs , they were now given a helping hand on 19 June 1797 , with : |
| 10 | Nothing against Adrian Aymes , but Parks had returned to the side when Aymes was injured a month before and , while Aymes will no doubt play in another Lord 's final in the future , Parks is nearing the end of his benefit year . |
| 11 | A surprising feature of the case , he said , was that the children had returned to the man 's house . |
| 12 | Owing to the absence of widespread German air raids , some 45% of unaccompanied children and 80% of mothers with pre-school children had returned by the end of November 1939 . |
| 13 | In Derbyshire , the farmers who replied that their expectations had changed in the past five years were those whose sons had returned to the farm in that time . |
| 14 | A PAIR of 100-year-old railway carriages have returned to the tracks after years of restoration by Isle of Wight rail buffs . |
| 15 | A PAIR of 100-year-old railway carriages have returned to the tracks after years of restoration by Isle of Wight rail buffs . |