Example sentences of "had to return [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Some of his fans became involved in fighting and Bulloch had to return to the ring to appeal to them to stop .
2 In some cases where favelados have moved to new housing schemes , they have been unable to meet the payments , which are periodically increased because of inflation and , therefore , had to return to the favelas .
3 Esther was allowed home , although she had to return to the hospital every day to breast-feed the baby .
4 With luck the senior Girl would tell them precisely what they could or could not do , and when they had to return to the Club .
5 It was already nearly six o'clock , and I would n't be able to find a one-hour photo lab open anywhere that evening ; and I had to return to the Sheraton to collect my bag , and be back on the train by seven-thirty or soon after .
6 Heartbroken , Maria had to return to the convent and remain a nun for the rest of her life .
7 He would rather have stayed in the open , where they were n't searching for him , but he had to return to the gatehouse .
8 In 1909 , in Faversham , the old were permitted to live with their children in the summer , doing fieldwork and babysitting chores , but had to return to the workhouse in winter .
9 But I had to return to the subject of Frankenstein .
10 I had to return to the area of the shrine .
11 During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals .
12 The teenager , now 17-years-old , confided in a friend but shortly afterwards had to return to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee for another supervisor .
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