Example sentences of "to return [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 32 | Time was marching on an in order to return to the hotel in Carcassonne I needed to leave in good time . |
| 33 | I shall be on maternity leave from the end of December and plan to return to the editor 's chair in the summer . |
| 34 | But police here say they 've had growing problems in regulating the tide and have even ordered groups of refugees to return to the border post to allow time to clear bottlenecks further down the five hundred mile route to the Red Sea port of Aqaba . |
| 35 | The Commission subsequently issued an interim measures decision which , amongst other things , required Akzo 's UK subsidiary to return to the profit levels that it had been applying before the alleged threats were made and implemented . |
| 36 | Furthermore , he contests , costs at the company have gone up for the simple reason that it has moved into different areas of activity — IBM simply made the mistake of trying to be ‘ all things to all people ’ , and so will never be able to return to the profit levels of the mid-1980s . |
| 37 | The first Cistercians were men who sought to return to the simplicity of Benedict 's Rule and to its strict observance which they argued had been altered out of all recognition by the Cluniacs who spent much of the day in a long and elaborate round of services in choir . |
| 38 | All patients were encouraged to become familiar with their own mole pattern and to return to the clinic before the next regular appointment if they observed any change . |
| 39 | To return to the act of creation . |
| 40 | Instead , when a week had passed , during which tune he and Jean-Paul had made one cursory visit to the Baron 's vineyards and had inspected perhaps one-eighth of that vast acreage , Edouard decided to return to the purpose of his visit . |
| 41 | To return to the notion of choice , and its illusory nature in such circumstances , a final example ( again from Clarricoates ) will serve to illustrate , and to ring a familiar ‘ warning bell ’ for arts educators with regard to the way in which their subjects are often conceptualized by teachers . |
| 42 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 43 | An armada of small private boats and a flotilla of naval vessels sailed to the rescue ; more than three hundred and fifty thousand men were saved , men who were able to return to the battle against Hitler 's armies in Europe and Africa . |
| 44 | Do you think that you would like to return to the platform work ? |
| 45 | He said , ‘ The lord Abul and I are therefore expected to return to the King at Epiphany ? ’ |
| 46 | I had been planning to go to the Nurburgring for testing the day after the race , but I was told to return to the factory and stop the new car I was building . |
| 47 | It is obviously wasteful nonsense for a district nurse needing a new dressing for a patient to have to return to the surgery , tell the doctor what is needed , possibly even draft the prescription for him , get the prescription dispensed by a pharmacist and then make a second visit to the patient to apply the dressing . ’ |
| 48 | As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess , his father rode with him a little way . |
| 49 | It is untrue that the only way to improve spelling is to return to the principle of ‘ spelling as you speak ’ based on phonemics . |
| 50 | Another way of thinking of this is to return to the tap metaphor and to see that the tap represents demands and the glass represents resources . |
| 51 | This gave excitement , the opportunity to go off duty early or at least to return to the warmth and relative conviviality of the police station , as well as prestige … |
| 52 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 53 | The Luikens sold Claythorpe mill ( which remains as a restaurant ) in 1988 , to return to the sea which they both love . |
| 54 | The urge to return to the sea is now so great that they will wriggle out of a pond and cross dew-drenched meadows if that is necessary to reach a stream that will lead them to salt water . |
| 55 | If Britain is to return to the ERM — as it should — it will need flexibility under all three headings . |
| 56 | Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased . |
| 57 | Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased . |
| 58 | Admitting that the security forces were involved in a recent wave of kidnappings and murders of students , he said that his government did not have the means to combat the activities which had taken place over the past few months , aimed at creating a climate of terror and instability in order to justify an attempt to return to the past or the installation of a president who would promise a tough policy . |
| 59 | Bear left to return to the dam . |
| 60 | She instantly jumped into the boat in which her father was seated , and seizing him by the breasts of his coat , motioned him to return to the shore . |