Example sentences of "[adv] returned " 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 | Mrs Long returned . |
| 4 | I had not long returned to England after a visit to my old mission of Cameroon on the West coast of Africa . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 10 | I had learnt enough so returned to my own chamber , secured the lock and , fully clothed , lay down for a fitful sleep . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Happily we have all returned , without even visiting the sinister Plaster Rooms in Innsbruck Hospital . |
| 13 | I do not suppose they are worried that the frogs and toads hatched in the ponds previous years , all returned to lay and spawn and found no water into which to produce the next generation . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the other Hurricanes had all returned to base , although Plt.Off . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They had all returned after the closing of the kitchen . |
| 17 | Our aircraft all returned safely to their bases . |
| 18 | ‘ I think we can do better than that , ’ he returned smoothly , and , making her heart spurt with activity again , ‘ I 've merely returned home for some papers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He had seated himself in an armchair adjacent to the settee to which Elisa had naturally returned although now she was sitting rather prim and upright on the edge . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We kept putting food out , though , and after about a month they all suddenly returned , with hordes of hungry ducklings in tow . |
| 24 | But no sooner had Miriam gone than Harry suddenly returned looking more cheerful than one might have expected . |
| 25 | Seb started , as though his mind had suddenly returned from a very long distance . |
| 26 | But we should understand those who face such oppression and recognise that , in framing legislation , we should not introduce the remotest chance of anyone being wrongly returned . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Calvin left Geneva and only returned to lead the city when the city council asked him to return . |
| 29 | It was never received , and only returned some considerable time after the children went home . |
| 30 | 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 . |