Example sentences of "[adv] he returned to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , they played in blue strips and Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers , and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise . |
| 2 | Teclis could not refuse such an honour and so he returned to the Tower of Hoeth . |
| 3 | Meanwhile he returned to headquarters and the disagreeable task of informing Davout of the outcome . |
| 4 | Yesterday he returned to his Fort William church soon after the story of the shared break appeared in a Sunday newspaper . |
| 5 | Pushing the pad aside he returned to his typing . |
| 6 | Later he returned to England to work in a POW camp : |
| 7 | Five minutes later he returned to his own room . |
| 8 | Three years later he returned to Manchester New College , and in 1888 he became assistant minister to Philip Wicksteed in Little Portland Street , London . |
| 9 | An hour later he returned to the pool to notch his second success of the day . |
| 10 | Five days later he returned to hospital , when the hip injury was discovered . |
| 11 | But ten days later he returned to the same Thornaby service station , filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque . |
| 12 | Periodically he returned to his Australian roots , but for long periods he worked in the UK . |
| 13 | When eventually he returned to the hotel , wearing a complete set of clothes none of which were his own , Minton asked where he had been . |
| 14 | After a period teaching abroad he returned to the UK and worked in one of the city 's newly opened centres for suspended pupils . |
| 15 | The senior Harmon was the best-playing club pro in golf , having won a Masters , then he returned to his golf shop . |
| 16 | This cleared up in time for him to jump in Zurich , however , and then he returned to Whitaker 's Yorkshire stable for his final preparation before the long flight from Frankfurt to California today . |
| 17 | Then he returned to the Vico annotations , transferring the most interesting methodically to his card index , until the clanging bell descended the stairwell , signifying the end of study . |
| 18 | Then he returned to his cell to sweep and mop it . |
| 19 | Then he returned to the surface and was arrested . |
| 20 | He stood listening attentively for a moment as the saxophone vied with the noise of the storm outside ; then he returned to his seat , picked up his champagne glass and drained it . |
| 21 | Then he returned to his desk and sat behind it . |
| 22 | Then he returned to the living-room and pushed the table up against the wall under the portrait . |
| 23 | Shortly afterwards he returned to the Admiralty as captain-superintendent , lighter-than-air , to take charge of the airships headquarters staff . |
| 24 | Afterwards he returned to The Crumpled Horn , where he laughed , joked and played darts with friends . |