Example sentences of "[pers pn] have returned [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 2 | I had returned to a very different Air Force indeed . |
| 3 | For the last seasonal design in this series of ‘ Countryside Celebration ’ , I have returned to the woodlands . |
| 4 | I have returned from the toughest trial that I have ever seen I he had already been wounded , for the third time , near Douaumont on February 25th ] — four days and four nights — ninety-six hours — the last two days soaked in icy mud — under terrible bombardment , without any shelter other than the narrowness of the trench , which even seemed to be too wide ; not a hole , not a dugout , nothing , nothing . |
| 5 | This will be wonderful in the bookshops as she has returned to the ghost story , and although it is reputed not to be as good as The Woman in Black , its sales are going to be . |
| 6 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 7 | Two weeks on perfect sand in sunshine nine to five ; she 'd returned with an all-over tan feeling wonderful and hey presto , head over heels in love with Astrid ! |
| 8 | After she 'd returned with the coffee shop order and sorted out everybody 's change , Josie said to her , ‘ Take a seat in the chair . ’ |
| 9 | She had returned to the window and was watching me photograph the posters . |
| 10 | Joseph , over-hearing , said she had returned to the Jonquil . |
| 11 | As soon as the ice broke on the lake she had returned to the Lodge with an appetite for work , for solitude . |
| 12 | It was n't until she had returned to the lounge after washing-up that she had discovered that the door of the glass display cabinet was swinging open . |
| 13 | I asked , when we had returned to the main road . |
| 14 | We had returned to the land without a name — the lost paradise of childhood . |
| 15 | Later on when we had returned to the daylight offensive with the 8th Air Force , escorted by hundreds of fighters , could we go searching for oil . |
| 16 | At the hotel , Salah greeted us as if we had returned from the dead , pumping our hands and laughing , " Crazy English , crazy English . " |
| 17 | Since the early 1980s , the receipts from direct taxes on income have fluctuated around an average figure some 10% above those from indirect taxes on expenditure ; we have returned to the broad pattern of the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 18 | Is not one reason for the remarkable increase in the number of young people in training — from 6,000 in 1979 to 260,000 today — the fact that we have returned to the common-sense recognition that vocational training is of considerable value and more closely reflects the abilities of many young people ? |
| 19 | Then they 'd returned to the stable and George had got back to the House about midnight . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was only after they had returned to the living room that she asked the question as she poured tea . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ! ’ |
| 26 | He has returned to the Players ' Championship and the New Orleans tournament after a six-week lay-off with eight rounds in which he has not been over par and has been under five times . |
| 27 | Since then he has returned to the Hollywood fold in a big way , starring in numerous films and directing Colors . |
| 28 | In fact ( unknown to her ) , he has returned in a Cadillac , wearing a cowboy hat of purest white , and having made his fortune as promised . |
| 29 | NATIONAL Westminster 's American banking subsidiary yesterday announced it has returned to the black after two years of heavy losses , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |
| 30 | The attack begins with a side kick of the rear foot , which , when it has returned to the ground , is immediately followed by a back kick with the left foot . |