Example sentences of "he returned [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned briefly to the Commonwealth 's service , but retired when the Restoration became inevitable and procured a royal pardon . |
| 2 | But when he was a man grown he returned again to the city of Skadar , and the place where his mother was imprisoned . |
| 3 | And he returned again to the article which symbolised so much , on which he had begun to pin all his hopes . |
| 4 | When the King was found dead he returned here to the castle and closeted himself in his room . ’ |
| 5 | He says someone called at her house at noon yesterday , and its likely he returned later with the robbers . |
| 6 | If he returned home in the evening he would sometimes dine with John Hayward but , since Hayward was an inveterate diner-out , he would often eat alone from a tray on his knees . |
| 7 | He successfully resisted treatment , and he returned home from the clinic describing himself , and I use his own words , as being ‘ fantastically ill ’ . |
| 8 | He returned home from the Falklands because his crew could stand no more of the Antarctic . |
| 9 | He returned thoughtfully to the Saint Pierre au gratin , only to discover that matters had not progressed well in his absence . |
| 10 | And if he returned safely to the Tuthanach , then he might survive the boy Tig long enough for Tallis to return and question him after whatever journey she might soon take , through the highest room of the fortress , through the cave : in Harry 's footsteps . |