Example sentences of "had returned to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 2 | The context within which the General Strike occurred was one in which the Baldwin government had returned to the gold standard and within which employers in exporting countries were faced with the need to reduce costs , and thus wages , by about 10 per cent . |
| 3 | Unemployment had continued to remain at more than one million , despite the fact that Britain had returned to the gold standard and free trade in 1925 — actions which , it was suggested , would revive world trade and reduce unemployment . |
| 4 | David Lloyd George had returned to the Liberal fold in 1923 and accepted his position as second in the Party to Asquith until he assumed the role of leader in October 1926 . |
| 5 | I asked , when we had returned to the main road . |
| 6 | It was as if he had returned to the pavilion to celebrate with lemon barley water after a half-century . |
| 7 | In Derbyshire , the farmers who replied that their expectations had changed in the past five years were those whose sons had returned to the farm in that time . |
| 8 | For a brief time the descendants of those Highlanders who had been forced down into the valley to find work a century before had returned to the land of their fathers . |
| 9 | His restless mind had returned to the unfinished business of Benghazi and the possibility of destroying shipping which he had so far signally failed to achieve . |
| 10 | She had returned to the window and was watching me photograph the posters . |
| 11 | Newman guessed Kurt had returned to the office . |
| 12 | It was as though they had returned to the relationship there had been between them on Ridgery Butts when he had taught her to use the bow , and encouraged her with gentle praise . |
| 13 | Sheikh al Hassan 's mind had returned to the important meeting before him . |
| 14 | The man had said good morning and Rufus had said hallo and had returned to the task he and Mary were embarked on , covering the flagstones of the terrace with quilts from the bedrooms . |
| 15 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 16 | The Second Son had returned to the coast with his father in order to fly to Doha to see a friend who went to the same university in England . |
| 17 | Harriet had returned to the kitchen . |
| 18 | Her gaze had returned to the circular table , and she was uneasy . |
| 19 | Throughout the war he had returned to the theme of Europe : in a 1943 broadcast , for example , he had emphasised the need for a Council of Europe that would possess an effective network of working institutions , including a common military organisation . |
| 20 | After the service , when everyone had gone to the reception at his father 's house , Duncan had returned to the fresh brown earth mound and prayed for his grandfather 's soul . |
| 21 | He had returned to the car , after having pushed his way to the front of the queue shamelessly brandishing his police warrant-card , with the fish in a rolled-up newspaper . |
| 22 | When Myeloski had returned to the hotel , after the girl had gone to her room , Duncan had suggested they go for a walk . |
| 23 | It was only after they had returned to the living room that she asked the question as she poured tea . |
| 24 | By the time the PAC had returned to the negotiating table in April , after boycotting an earlier round of talks within the framework of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa , it had adopted a highly equivocal stand on violence , committing itself to a negotiated settlement but asserting its right to continue the ‘ armed struggle ’ . |
| 25 | Nothing against Adrian Aymes , but Parks had returned to the side when Aymes was injured a month before and , while Aymes will no doubt play in another Lord 's final in the future , Parks is nearing the end of his benefit year . |
| 26 | We had returned to the land without a name — the lost paradise of childhood . |
| 27 | For over three hours we talked and talked and still neither brother had returned to the subject that lay foremost in our minds . |
| 28 | Within a few decades , forests and animals had returned to the shattered islands which were all that remained of Krakatoa 's outer rim ; and from the waters between them emerged an ominous smoking mound , sometimes growing at a rate of more than three feet a month . |
| 29 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 30 | And after he 'd gone , and Isobel had returned to the newsroom to file all the dead stories and check the agency printers for the next hour 's updates ready to hand over to Jim , the late-shift newsreader , it briefly crossed her mind that maybe , just maybe , a rising star of journalism with her eye on the national media might have asked a couple of more searching questions . |