Example sentences of "return to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 2 | He became the managing partner of a large mercantile firm in India , returning to Lewis for the fishing and shooting season . |
| 3 | P&O 'S MUCH loved cruise liner , Canberra , is to be the flagship for the allied veterans returning to Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-Day next year . |
| 4 | When Mr Steen rang on Friday afternoon to say he was n't certain whether or not he was returning to London at the weekend , she had checked the petrol in the car in case he might want it . |
| 5 | The Weston brothers headed to Margate and then once again they reached the continent at Antwerp , by way of a diversion , later returning to London via the back door at Tilbury . |
| 6 | He had already considered returning to London in the closing stages of the war , but had thought better of it . |
| 7 | Officers and officials returning to Britain after the American War of Independence took home with them a taste for madeira wine . |
| 8 | Returning to Moscow at the age of 52 , for the first time since he left to live in London 26 years ago , Ashkenazy said : ‘ In my modest way , I thought I could endorse what 's happening in my country . ’ |
| 9 | Did you say something about Mr Boulez perhaps returning to work at the opera ? |
| 10 | Walkers on the Three Peaks marathon usually start from Horton in Ribblesdale and do the journey anti-clockwise , visiting Penyghent , Whernside and Ingleborough in that order and returning to Horton from the last named by a route that approximates to a beeline . |
| 11 | Fourth September — news at Brigade H.Q that the Brigade would be returning to England on the 6th September to reorganise and prepare to be sent to the Far East and continue the war against the Japanese . |
| 12 | Returning to England at the Restoration , Shaw became one of Clarendon 's chief business advisers , and held such a multiplicity of posts that Sir William Coventry [ q.v. ] described him sarcastically as ‘ a miracle of a man ’ . |
| 13 | With 125 people on board — students , teachers , education officials — the vessel left Norway for Aberdeen and called at Lerwick before returning to Bergen during the ten-day itinerary . |
| 14 | Returning to camp in the evenings , I occasionally hunted for bushbuck in the forest . |
| 15 | While other holidaymakers end up changing their last few pesetas and returning to bills on the doormat , bronzed Antonia was laughing all the way to her agent Max Clifford . |
| 16 | The children will visit Edenside later this month for two ‘ familiarisation ’ days in the classrooms at Kelso before returning to Heiton for the last day of term . |
| 17 | Born in New York of German parents , he attended art school in Germany before returning to America in the 1950s . |
| 18 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 19 | Morning at leisure , returning to Bangkok on the afternoon flight . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're returning to Northallerton on the first transport available , ’ Cyril said . |
| 21 | There is a break from June 19 to July 7 , after which the hearing switches to the Marton Hotel and Country Club , near Middlesbrough , before returning to Northallerton for the final stages . |
| 22 | The chairman was clearly annoyed at Maradona 's claim that he had had no time to notify him on Monday before returning to Argentina for the friendly against Denmark . |
| 23 | Unlike other higher profile running mothers , returning to training after the birth of a healthy son has been gentle for the 44-year old . |
| 24 | The small convoy made its way to the fortified barracks , where the Range Rover went through the gates on its own , the armoured escort returning to duty in the scarred city . |
| 25 | Either way , he will be returning to Westminster at the end of May , I am told . |
| 26 | On returning to Vienna at the end of September , Constanze immediately left for Baden , while Mozart put the finishing touches to The Magic Flute . |
| 27 | Wolfgang and Constanze stayed three months , returning to Vienna in the autumn via Linz , where Mozart dashed off a new symphony ( K.425 in C , since known as the ‘ Linz ’ ) in record time for concert there . |
| 28 | But his attitude was positive as he returned to Obergurgl for the first time in years for our jaunt . |
| 29 | Mrs Elsie Morgan had travelled on the train on her honeymoon in 1920 ; Lady More recalled some of Sir Jasper 's memories ; Colonel Sykes remembered that , as a boy , the engine driver used to allow him to drive the train when he returned to school at the beginning of term ; and Mrs Lucy Hemmings had regularly tested the milk carried by the train for the Creamery . |
| 30 | ‘ It did n't really sink in what I had done until I returned to school on the Monday morning and saw all the television cameras waiting for me at the gates , ’ says Dozzell . |