Example sentences of "[prep] returning from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six months after returning from the Soviet Union , Nizan spoke at the International Congress for the Defence of Culture of the possibilities in the current socio-political climate of establishing a genuinely human society freed from class divisions and class oppression . |
| 2 | After returning from the United States in October 1941 Hillary had gone through Staff College , and thence to HQ Fighter Command . |
| 3 | After returning from the walk , we ate tea and then played a variety of logical games . |
| 4 | Mr Popple had found her lying on the bathroom floor upon returning from the Lamb and Flag . |
| 5 | Since returning from the weekend meeting in Palm Springs , California , to which President Bush summoned him early this month , Mr Kaifu has seized the high ground at home in Japan 's efforts to avert a trade war with the United States . |
| 6 | It was his first innings since returning from the World Cup a more disappointed member of the England squad than most . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed because I 've been out of work since returning from the tour last summer and this contract meant security for my family . ’ |
| 8 | She would get to work on Maxie just as soon as his presence at home should coincide with hers ; she had not seen him since returning from the tea , except when crawling wearily into bed . |
| 9 | Her voice was shaking as she told me that on returning from the cinema a couple of weeks earlier she had been grabbed from behind , dragged into an alley and viciously raped at knifepoint . |
| 10 | Jackson asked for a revised contract on returning from the summer tour Down Under . |
| 11 | Again and again , Tracy upstaged Gable by returning from the point of death with a weak smile until Gable finally dropped Tracy and yelled , ‘ Die , goddammit , Spence ! |
| 12 | WAITRESS Delphine Barbiaux served up a surprise — by returning from the ‘ dead ’ . |