Example sentences of "[adj] to return [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd gotten to the stage where we were selling out venues like the Hammersmith Odeon and none of us were prepared to return to the club circuit , so we quit while we were ahead . |
| 2 | I was always much relieved to return to the light and warmth of the office . |
| 3 | Jon Gittens looks set to return to the heart of defence after five stitches in Nicky Mohan 's injured foot . |
| 4 | Julie , too , had been clearly delighted to return to the countryside of her childhood . |
| 5 | Regular Music is delighted to return to the Commonwealth Games Stadium , Meadowbank with one of the world 's biggest stars . |
| 6 | Promising to return in the evening , they at last donned bright wet-weather clothes and disappeared into the greyness of the early morning , leaving us — mentally exhausted by our struggles with the French language — to begin the serious work of progressing with the arctic fox film . |
| 7 | But let's look first at the visible problems , realising the need for fun , not for a fruitless day 's digging or waiting around for ferrets that are none too likely to return to the surface once allowed underground . |
| 8 | Adrian Doherty , who missed the Monaghan match because he felt a slight twinge in his knee , is likely to return to the team this afternoon . |
| 9 | The adverse circumstances appeared to be part of a chain of events : girls experiencing early disrupted parenting before being admitted into care were most likely to return from the institution to a discordant home . |
| 10 | Bear left to return to the dam . |
| 11 | It is probably better to return to the dog until the ‘ sit and stay ’ command is well established . |
| 12 | By now the fog had lifted , but it was so dark that it would have been futile to return to the scene of the mysterious train to discover for themselves any clues as to its reality or otherwise . |
| 13 | The government , having initially rejected a mediator 's proposal of a 5.4 per cent rise , agreed on May 4 to return to the negotiating table on May 6 . |
| 14 | The city soviet of Sverdlovsk , where Yeltsin had been Communist Party first secretary until 1985 , voted on Sept. 4 to return to the city its original name of Yekaterinburg , and reportedly requested approval from the RSFSR Supreme Soviet . |
| 15 | While Halliday takes on a new role , David Irwin is just happy to return to the scene . |
| 16 | Some owls are unable to return to the wild , having been brought up by breeders . |
| 17 | With the increase in the number of people having their own transport , those who have left the area are able to return for the show . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Maybe I would never be able to return to the present — not that I cared just then . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 22 | In February 1340 Edward himself came back to secure what his commissaries had failed to get , but only in May was he able to return to the continent assured of a grant . |
| 23 | The ostrich , on the other hand , will eventually be able to return to the spot it knows so well , where it can resume its parental duties . |
| 24 | Herodotus 's Histories and Aeschylus 's Agamemnon serve as touchstones for Brooke-Rose 's novel , for in going back to the classical period , it is able to return to the point at which these distinctions began to be associated with different ways of talking and writing attributed to fact and to fiction . |
| 25 | After a hard day in the hills , walking and fishing , it is wonderful to return in the evening to a steaming sauna and a well-equipped , modern kitchen . |
| 26 | I felt it would be much harder to return to the house if I left it . |
| 27 | And Ireland 's top traditional dancers are bracing themselves for even more misery at the end of this month when the 18-year-old whizz-kid is due to return for the World Championships in Dublin . |
| 28 | It arrived just before he was leaving for the United States ( another example of his self-forgetfulness , as he had not mentioned this to me ) , and he was not due to return until the end of July . |
| 29 | however , the program control stack is still cleared when the error is detected and it is not possible to RETURN to the point where the error occurred . |
| 30 | It may be necessary to return to the patient and ask for more details of symptoms and search for any important features that have been overlooked . |