Example sentences of "returned from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accepted , as a necessity and as a form of self-punishment , Ricky 's need for women , but when Ricky returned from a weekend away he would ask rather bitterly , ‘ Was she worth it ? ’ |
| 2 | Sheila and John think the burglar must have been in the house when they returned from a night out . |
| 3 | Brenda Hurley , mother of Becky and Gavin , needed treatment for shock when she returned from a night at the bingo to find a scene of devastation . |
| 4 | We recently returned from a holiday in Barbados where we successfully completed the PADI certification for Open Water Diver . |
| 5 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 6 | When he returned from a holiday in August he had some unwelcome news . |
| 7 | Last night I returned from a stint on the 1990 ITV Telethon , with steam issuing from my every pore . |
| 8 | One day towards the middle of our second week there Thomas Carter returned from a trip to the local market town with the news that he had bumped into a friend of his who was staying not far away . |
| 9 | The Reconciled Dominions had been under the control of Yzordderrex 's Autarch for over a century , and every time Godolphin returned from a trip he had new signs of unrest to report . |
| 10 | He had then lain in wait for the man 's wife and daughter and knifed them to death as they returned from a shopping trip . |
| 11 | When she returned from a solo engagement in Norway , Diana was still in the early stages of pregnancy . |
| 12 | He wanted to know whether she would like him to make her a cup of tea or whether they might wait until his wife returned from a committee meeting . |
| 13 | Tragic Linda Wolage , 28 , and her husband Andrew were catapulted into a garden by a careering car as they returned from a day out at the zoo . |
| 14 | The last great Neo-Platonic philosopher , a woman , Hypatia , was stoned to death as she returned from a lecture at the library — again by ‘ Christians ’ — in A.D. 415 . |
| 15 | As manager Brian Clough returned from a week 's holiday in Majorca , his assistant Ron Fenton explained : ‘ We want Roy to slow down a bit . |
| 16 | The main objection came from John Lovell one day when he met his brother-in-law by chance , as he returned from a visit to the Cartwrights , the wardens at the new homes . |
| 17 | As late as the end of February it looked as though this was what they would have to do , and then one evening Ernest returned from a visit to Ilkley flushed with excitement . |
| 18 | WIDOW Eva Bell returned from a visit to her sick mother to find thieves had stripped her seaside guest house of all its contents — including the kitchen sink . |
| 19 | Panic announced as he returned from a visit to Albania on Aug. 10 that the state of emergency in Serbia 's province of Kosovo was to be lifted . |
| 20 | When O'Neill returned from a meeting with Harold Wilson in London , he reacted in a manner guaranteed to confirm the Free Presbyterians ' claims that O'Neill 's policies were designed to achieve in the political sphere what the ecumenical movement was trying to do in inter denominational co-operation . |
| 21 | That was proved when Prime Minister Chamberlain returned from a meeting with Hitler and waved a piece of paper in the air , saying : ‘ All is well . |
| 22 | In 1956 Simon returned from a Christmas vacation to tell his bemused students that he and Newell had spent the festive season inventing a ‘ thinking machine ’ . |
| 23 | The afternoon ending , we took Fiona home and went on to Shellerton House where Perkin came through for drinks , Tremayne went out to see the horses and Gareth returned from a football match . |
| 24 | OUTDOOR pig-keeping in Denmark is expanding , but is unlikely to pose much of a threat to the UK , according to Nick Manderfield , of Breckland Farms , who recently returned from a study tour . |
| 25 | The club have kept this one very quiet as it was not expected that Hanley , who returned from a summer in Australia with a bad pelvic strain , would come back before the New Year . |
| 26 | They returned from an outing to find a note on the door asking them to call local police about a ‘ serious family problem ’ . |
| 27 | For example , I just returned from an exhibition and wrote a 6,000 word report in one burst in my hotel room . |
| 28 | It happened late at night as she returned from an evening with friends . |
| 29 | Soon afterwards , Laing confronted Mr Manwaring 's daughter , Alison , 24 , as she returned from an evening out with her fiance . |
| 30 | When she returned from the kitchen he had made himself comfortable on the sofa . |