Example sentences of "had just returned [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the sore cracks between most of his toes , the skin was heavily calloused and his heels were covered in blisters ( he had just returned from a particularly arduous walk ) . |
| 2 | I had just returned from a training stint in Lanzarote . |
| 3 | He had just returned from a fresh session with the PM at Downing Street . |
| 4 | He had just returned from a visit in 1937 to the Government fighting front in Spain . |
| 5 | The speaker had just returned from a ‘ little-known place , in Southern Africa — Lesotho , or ‘ Basutoland , as it used to be called ’ . |
| 6 | Poor had just returned from a week in bed with flu when she was picked to test the trapeze . |
| 7 | He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn . |
| 8 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 9 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 10 | He had just returned after a 3-day affair with another woman which had brought on the crisis . |