Example sentences of "return [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to Ottery late on 4 October , Mr Coleridge gave a ‘ long & particular account ’ of his journey , before going to bed in high spirits . |
| 2 | On returning to Genappe shortly after its capture by the fusiliers , he found them ‘ busy ’ … |
| 3 | He survived , unmarried , into the reign of Edward III , returning to Brittany shortly before his death in 1334 . |
| 4 | He then worked for eighteen months in the Southampton naval works before returning to Glasgow late in 1891 as an assistant lecturer in naval architecture and marine engineering at the university , and it was soon after this that his intensive study of the design of bird-like gliders began . |
| 5 | After returning to Bombay early in 1858 he was appointed the East India Company 's agent in Zanzibar and British consul , the previous consul having died at his post thirteen months previously . |
| 6 | FERRANTI 'S shares encountered hectic trading when they returned from suspension yesterday as a host of conflicting rumours swept the stock market over the company 's future . |
| 7 | Ehret returned to London later in 1736 and England became his permanent home . |
| 8 | Cuthbertson returned to London sometime between 1793 and 1796 , perhaps because of the worsening political situation in the Dutch Republic . |
| 9 | He returned to London early in 1930 , but only displayed his Spanish paintings in a 1932 one-man show at the Bloomsbury Gallery . |
| 10 | The ungrateful King , however , refused to part with the mares and Hercules returned to Troy later with a body of companions and destroyed the city . |
| 11 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 12 | After a stay at Attigny , not far from the Meuse , Charles returned to Paris early in September . |
| 13 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 14 | Mrs Molesworth spent the next four years in France and Germany , but returned to England permanently in 1883 . |
| 15 | When he returned to America late in 1966 , Glass was already on the track of a new modernity . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 17 | ‘ When they returned to Bristol just before midnight three of the party left . |
| 18 | But would he return to Everest again in winter ? |
| 19 | From Totaranui at the north end of the track you can return to Marahau either by bus , inland , or by boat . |
| 20 | Return to Kreuzlingen either by the same route , or extend your run to Wil , then turn north for Weinfelden and Kreuzlingen . |
| 21 | Llanelli , the Schweppes Cup-holders , return to Pontypool today for a quarter-final tie against the team they beat 36–15 in last week 's Heineken League game . |
| 22 | Morbidity was also considerably less , with 37 of 40 ( 93% ) patients having no postoperative discomfort and being able to return to school soon after surgery compared with 16 of 35 ( 46% ) who were circumcised . |
| 23 | Almost immediately it was revealed that he had told a radio interviewer on the morning of the lunch that there would be no such tax on gold-mining companies , and he was forced to return to parliament later on April 11 to admit that his memory of events had been mistaken . |
| 24 | ( WES ) She still needs to return to hospital regularly for treatment , but doctors say she 's made an excellent physical — and emotional — recovery . |
| 25 | The FA defended the decision to return to Hillsborough largely in terms of practicality . |
| 26 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 27 | Leigh scrum-half Stuart Pugsley , who hoped to return at Hull tomorrow after concussion , faces a further lay-off after falling down his stairs at home ! |
| 28 | Roy Lacey returns from holiday just in time to foil the advance of an army of weeds on his hour-a-week garden larder . |
| 29 | His wife returned to Methodism later in life and died in Chapel-en-le-Frith 23 February 1803 . |
| 30 | Whether the original charge against him was justified is unknown , but the incident cost the English 100 ships , and the remainder returned to London shortly before the arrival of a fresh force of raiders ; in the chronicler 's words , the effort of the whole nation came to nothing . |