Example sentences of "returned to " in BNC.
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| 1 | AI stated that it strongly feared that the refugee population would be at risk of certain torture , ‘ disappearance ’ or execution if returned to Iraqi Government control . |
| 2 | The couple returned to Malawi in 1981 . |
| 3 | On 26 March 1991 he was returned to Safi Prison and in protest he began a hunger-strike which resulted in his falling into a coma , due to his illness , a few days later . |
| 4 | In 1909 : ‘ The unattached cyclist on entering Italy with his wheel must deposit 42 fr. 60c. with the custom-house authorities , which sum is returned to him ( though seldom without difficulties ) when he quits the country . ’ |
| 5 | Then returned to my chair . |
| 6 | He later said — Goldberg pushed the pad aside and returned to his task of transcription . |
| 7 | He pushed the pad aside and returned to his typing . |
| 8 | Baird then returned to the mainland after two years to work as sous chef under Brian Baker at Hambleton Hall , Leicestershire , before being offered the head chef 's job at Longueville himself 12 months later . |
| 9 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 10 | I went back to my handbag to get my nailfile , then returned to where Katrina was kneeling and crouched down beside her . |
| 11 | Cars supplied for hire or purchase can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual , but the types of adaptation that can be made to hire cars is more restricted because they have to be returned to the general market at the end of the hire period . |
| 12 | After a moment he rose slowly , poured himself a whisky , returned to the Chesterfield and took a dismal sip . |
| 13 | The camera returned to the scene of the disaster , lingered over piles of debris strewn on the railway embankment and focused on firemen cutting through the tangled remains of the trains . |
| 14 | She went into the kitchen , scrambled three eggs and returned to the living room to eat them . |
| 15 | He smiled back , dropped the silk in front of her and returned to his drawing . |
| 16 | After the object ( a toy car ) had been put at B , the boxes were locked ; with the result that most of the infants went straight to B , could not get in , and returned to A and tried to gain entry to a box which they could see ( whatever ‘ see ’ means here exactly ) was empty . |
| 17 | I asked myself and returned to folding the froth into the coffee . |
| 18 | It should have been returned to the author for him to re-write in a clear and concise manner . |
| 19 | It is for this reason that any unused ‘ B ’ solution must never be returned to the original container , as it would then destabilise the contents which , in a sealed container without a vented cap , could cause the container to burst , and with a vented cap the solution would eventually become ineffective . |
| 20 | It can always be returned to the same position . |
| 21 | Removal has to happen very soon after death — afterwards the body is returned to the relatives for burial or cremation . |
| 22 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 23 | Having delivered the injured Bulgarian to safety we had then returned to the ascent , hoping to catch our party . |
| 24 | The passage , even when returned to context , will obviously abide more interpretations than one . |
| 25 | Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets to watch the firework display - a fact which , Mr Deng boasted , proves that ‘ China 's social order has returned to normal ’ . |
| 26 | IN A RASPING attack on the ‘ Pharisees ’ of British society who decry the unsuccessful , the jobless and the poor , the Archbishop of Canterbury has returned to his attack on a decade of Conservative government . |
| 27 | Only Said Aouita has beaten Elliott since the Yorkshireman returned to the track after an injury postponed the start of his season until mid-August . |
| 28 | Life has returned to normal , more or less . |
| 29 | Mr Gray said that , in February 1945 , Britain and Russia had signed an agreement at Yalta under which Soviet citizens would be returned to Russia , and British prisoners of war held in Russia would be returned to Britain . |
| 30 | Mr Gray said that , in February 1945 , Britain and Russia had signed an agreement at Yalta under which Soviet citizens would be returned to Russia , and British prisoners of war held in Russia would be returned to Britain . |