Example sentences of "[vb past] return to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She avoided returning to Matthew Blake 's table for as long as she could without giving him the power of knowing she was avoiding him . |
| 2 | The General 's father was the Rev. Henry Montgomery , the vicar of St. Mark 's Church , Kennington , when Bernard was born , but two years later he was appointed Bishop of Tasmania , to whence the family moved returning to England some twelve years later , when Bernard was fourteen years of age , and in January 1902 , the family moved into a Victorian house , 19 , Bolton Road , Chiswick , quite close to the River Thames and open sports grounds . |
| 3 | ‘ I promised to return to Les Châtaigniers for lunch . ’ |
| 4 | If he tried to return to Earth in defiance of his oath he strongly suspected that he might never be allowed to reach the homeworld … |
| 5 | Finally , on 10 November , Hawke warned the Admiralty that he had been forced by a gale and the resulting damage back into Torbay and two days later , when he tried to return to Brest , he was driven back again . |
| 6 | I still imagined returning to work at WTN in London , picking up with Jill as though all these years had not altered anything . |
| 7 | His disdain was a source of embarrassment to his sponsors , but a greater embarrassment developed as they prepared to return to London . |
| 8 | I just do n't know how to think , ’ said a devastated Mrs Allen last night as she prepared to return to Birmingham following her husband 's funeral . |
| 9 | At I prepared to return to Britain , several of my relatives gave me copies of their identity cards , the deed for their houses and even the ownership documents for their property . |
| 10 | In the end , to his own surprise , be had quite successfully smoothed away her early-morning blues , and she 'd returned to sleep without having mentioned once the child she 'd lost . |
| 11 | She 'd found no trace of Jake or Adam on Starr Hills ; and she 'd returned to Gran 's into the usual evening bustle of getting ready for next morning 's breakfasts . |
| 12 | He had n't wondered where her clothes were when he 'd returned to Primrose Cottage at the end of that autumn term . |
| 13 | She dearly loved the twins , but over the last two days , since they 'd returned to Liz and Owen 's apartment , her cousin 's ancient washing-machine had seemed to be going non-stop ! |
| 14 | Alexei turned to return to Jehana 's side . |
| 15 | On the day after Rafeedie 's decision Alvarez was released from custody and allowed to return to Guadalajara . |
| 16 | By 1220 he was pardoned and allowed to return to Langton 's household , assisting the construction of a new shrine to St Thomas Becket [ q.v. ] in Canterbury , in which context he is described by the chronicler Matthew Paris [ q.v. ] as an ‘ incomparable artificer ’ . |
| 17 | AS MPS began returning to Westminster yesterday , a behind-the-scenes battle over the new Speaker was already well under way , writes George Jones , Political Editor . |
| 18 | Miners began to return to work on Oct. 26 after the NUM had accepted De Beers ' offer of wage increases ranging from 16.5 to 18 per cent ; the De Beers offer was backdated two months earlier than the normal settlement date of July 1 and the company also conceded June 16 , " Soweto Day " , as a public holiday . |
| 19 | Of premier importance is the legendary Galerie der Spiegel , founded in 1945 by Hein and Eva Stünke , as artists began to return to Cologne after the war . |
| 20 | Was the first and outgoing Minister of Education tempted to return to Churchill 's piece of cardboard — ‘ There you are , fixed , old cock ’ ? |
| 21 | Jackson was restless at Aberdeen and had ambitions to play in England , but he threatened to return to America , where he had lived earlier , if he was not released . |
| 22 | The resolution also ordered " all States in which there are funds of the Government of Iraq " to transfer proceeds to a UN escrow fund , and undertook to return to Iraq all monies so raised if it agreed to sell oil under UN supervision [ see pp. 38942 ; 38788-89 ; 38838 ; 39026 ; 39115 ] . |
| 23 | He decided to return to England and try his hand at photography , which had long been a hobby of his . |
| 24 | Mr Craven thought of his dream , and decided to return to England immediately . |
| 25 | While we were still in America Ben had approached Christopher Isherwood about Grimes , but that collaboration was obviously not gOing to be feasible when we decided to return tO England . |
| 26 | His wife had come out to the island on his first posting and , before she decided to return to London , she had bought the bungalow and furnished it . |
| 27 | After giving a concert in early December , the Mozarts decided to return to Salzburg . |
| 28 | ‘ The pilot decided to return to Birmingham where a precautionary landing was made , ’ she said . |
| 29 | So I decided to return to Sunday school to fetch my card . |
| 30 | He and his wife decided to return to Belfast where they secured a house . |