Example sentences of "he returned [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned on the night sailing on 14th Oct . |
| 2 | Cola di Rienzi ( 1313–54 ) , tribune of the people at Rome , where he established a short-lived republic in 1347 before being forced into exile ; he returned as a senator in 1354 , but was assassinated shortly afterwards . |
| 3 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 4 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 5 | He returned under a congressional amnesty to contest the 1988 presidential elections , when he narrowly lost the second round run-off ballot to the ID 's Rodrigo Borja Cevallos [ see p. 36097 ] . |
| 6 | A few moments later , he returned with a mug of coffee and placed it in front of me . |
| 7 | He returned with a Man from Mullingar , a newsagent who wanted a Halloween witch to hang up in his shop . |
| 8 | They waited motionless until he returned with a light . |
| 9 | Then to Allen 's astonishment he returned with a hambone from which most of the meat had been cut . |
| 10 | ‘ Looks more like a home prescription to me , ’ the man said gloomily when he returned with a phial of pills . |
| 11 | He returned with a packet of crystals of a deep purple colour , which one dissolved in water . |
| 12 | He returned with a basin of cold water , a flannel and a towel . |
| 13 | He returned with a wooden paddle . |
| 14 | He returned with a can of lager and a glass , shutting the door carefully behind him . |
| 15 | He returned with a symphonic battle piece , and when I asked if he realized the significance of the words he admitted he did not know what they meant ! ) |
| 16 | ‘ Which presumably makes me the better teacher , ’ he returned with a dryness that made her want to pummel him with her fists from sheer frustration . |
| 17 | In his own words he returned with a ‘ rich harvest of knowledge ’ , ‘ the finest collection extant ’ ; in the words of prince , ‘ His collections of Birds , quadrupeds , nests and eggs are unquestionably the finest that have ever been brought home ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm taking you in my arms , ’ he returned with a calmness she could only envy from the bottom of her heart . |
| 19 | But Donald 's first remark , when he returned with the drinks , was even more eerily appropriate to what Henry had in mind . |
| 20 | He returned with the Prior and a young , red-haired man dressed in half-armour . |
| 21 | The Midland sent Geoffrey Taylor , its future chief executive , to negotiate a deal , He returned with the news that Crocker would welcome an investment by the Midland but completely refused to grant them any management control . |
| 22 | Primal Scream 's petty pilfering of dance rhythms turned into wholesale hijacking when they gave club deejay Andy Weatherall a cast-off riff to play with and he returned with the seductive bump and grind of ‘ Loaded ’ . |
| 23 | When he returned with the blankets I must have been asleep . |
| 24 | The first time he returned with the door against which he had knocked his shin ; on the second trip he fetched a dented wheel which had lost its tyre . |
| 25 | ‘ Because that 's the way it is with us , ’ he returned with the faintest of smiles . |
| 26 | ‘ What did you tell Marianne you were doing tonight ? ’ she asked as he returned with the drinks . |
| 27 | He returned with an overnight bag in his hand . |
| 28 | He returned with an old , torn suitcase and a flat cardboard box . |
| 29 | He returned with an army , but was slain . |
| 30 | When he returned at the beginning of December 1340 Edward had immediately dismissed the home council , Robert Stratford , who was bishop of Chichester and chancellor , among them ; Archbishop Stratford , then held responsible for the home government 's failure , was ordered to Louvain as a hostage for the payment of the allies , while the dismissal and prosecution of other ministers and officials — mostly clerics — was set in motion . |