Example sentences of "he [be] return to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his fifties he was to return to the Liskeard area , the ‘ land of his fathers ’ , and make notes for a book on Cornwall ; alas , never to be completed . |
| 2 | Nothing is known of his education , but he was returned to the Parliament of 1539 for an unknown constituency , possibly at a by-election during the shrievalty of his father , himself a knight of the shire for Surrey . |
| 3 | Peking said it would not persecute Mr Yang if he was returned to the mainland , a clear sign it would strongly disapprove of Hong Kong not returning him . |
| 4 | He was returned to the Bocardo Jail , from whose roof he watched the painful death by burning of Latimer and Ridley . |
| 5 | On 12 September 1991 there was a hearing of the care proceedings , a supervision order was made in respect of D. and he was returned to the mother . |
| 6 | She had known who he was by then , had known that he was returning to the King with assurances of her father 's support . |
| 7 | Ludens received one shock as he was returning to the cottage . |
| 8 | SUVA ( AP ) — Major General Sitiveni Rabuka , leader of Fiji 's two military coups , said he was returning to the army rather than accept the post of civilian deputy prime minister . |
| 9 | The next day Muldoon told him that he was returning to the States at the end of the month to take his enforced early retirement , after a short holiday on the Hamble . |
| 10 | He was returning to the car , holding out his booty . |