Example sentences of "[adv] returned [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |
| 2 | Follow-up studies after 4 or more years report less than 50% of cases as recovered , and even ‘ cured ’ patients have not necessarily returned to a normal life , at least as far as their attitudes and behaviour are concerned . |
| 3 | I had not long returned to England after a visit to my old mission of Cameroon on the West coast of Africa . |
| 4 | Come the following night , I was sitting at home with Caroline ( Nigel 's daughter by his first marriage , the wife of the ‘ moving ’ John , who had not long returned to Denmark ) . |
| 5 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 6 | Aubrey and Cora-Beth had not long returned from a lengthy ride across the lush , undulating pastures and were still wearing jodhpurs and cool , open-necked shirts . |
| 7 | In return he was promised his hereditary possessions of Luneburg and Brunswick , but ordered to leave Germany for three years , and so returned to England . |
| 8 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 9 | I had learnt enough so returned to my own chamber , secured the lock and , fully clothed , lay down for a fitful sleep . |
| 10 | He learned from Mrs Thatcher the dangers of igniting the Tory divide over Europe and so returned from Maastricht , opt-outs in hand , proclaiming victory . |
| 11 | But at first you did n't realise that was what it was , that it was the novelty of ice cream wrappers and sweet papers and carrier bags and plastic bags strewn about that had changed the appearance of your childhood home , where nothing was ever discarded , but all returned into the cycle of sustenance . |
| 12 | They had all returned after the closing of the kitchen . |
| 13 | The queen 's eldest brother , lord Scales , apparently returned to East Anglia , where his own land lay , and Gloucester may have accompanied him , perhaps ( as the Howard letter seems to imply ) with the intention of raising more men . |
| 14 | The queen 's eldest brother , lord Scales , apparently returned to East Anglia , where his own land lay , and Gloucester may have accompanied him , perhaps ( as the Howard letter seems to imply ) with the intention of raising more men . |
| 15 | Assuming Gorbachev can continue with his reforms the KGB will be in the same position as would MI5 were a Labour anti-nuclear government suddenly returned to power . |
| 16 | Seb started , as though his mind had suddenly returned from a very long distance . |
| 17 | After the two pictures for Leone , Van Cleef stayed in Europe to make pale imitations of them and only returned to Hollywood in 1970 for El Condor which unwisely made him a sympathetic character . |
| 18 | Cattell had only returned to the department 's care in February , after another difficult spell with her mother , but her condition had apparently improved significantly . |
| 19 | Batty only returned to the Leeds side for Saturday 's 3–3 draw with Blackburn after missing five games with a broken wrist . |
| 20 | She tried however to pin her thoughts on other matters and , recalling that Ven had only returned to Mariánské Láznë in order to pick up some papers , she realised that , since they were important enough for him to make the four-hour return journey , he must want them to hand over to someone else . |
| 21 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
| 22 | The only clue so far discovered of any value to a possible dating of his return is the fact that , according to Bursali Mehmed Tahir , there exists a copy of one of his most famous works , the written in his own hand , presented to Mehmed II , and dated 878/1473–4 it would not thus be unreasonable to suppose that Molla Husrev wrote the copy especially for Mehmed II , this in turn suggesting that by 878 Molla Husrev had made up his quarrel with the sultan and had perhaps returned to Istanbul . |
| 23 | The towering figure of Melchizedek , the priest and the king , and therefore the embodiment of power , was much loved by Innocent , who in his writings constantly returned to the dual aspect of Melchizedek 's powers , which were combined , he argued , in the person of the pope . |
| 24 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 25 | FEELING FIT : Roy has already returned to work Pictures : BILL ROWNTREE |
| 26 | His gaze had already returned to Jessamy , and she suddenly realised she did n't want to be left alone with Julius . |
| 27 | ‘ Then I came south to Royston but Queen Margaret and her party had already returned to London to collect all their possessions so I followed in hot pursuit . |
| 28 | First , the Bank of England has already returned to the gilt market as an issuer and the prospect over the next few years is one of a larger PSBR and gilt issuance . |
| 29 | The abbot 's guests had dispersed decorously , Rémy and Earl Robert in amicable company to the guesthall , where Bénezet was already returned from his evening in the town , in good time to attend his lord , as the earl 's two squires stood ready and waiting for theirs . |
| 30 | Dismissing fears that her daughter might have been tricked into a fake marriage by a man determined to ruin her , Nora tried to think more positively , but her brain persistently returned to the appalling question , ‘ Why an Italian , for God 's sake ? ’ |