Example sentences of "[pron] return [pron] to the " in BNC.

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1 I returned it to the centre and exchanged it for another kit which also gave me a zero reading .
2 The appellant failed to comply with the rules of the hostel , on one occasion leaving without permission , and was brought before the magistrates ' court who returned him to the hostel .
3 Its plot is a ‘ circle of love ’ , as a succession of couplings begins with a nocturnal encounter between a whore and a soldier , and continues as the soldier has sex with a housemaid , the maid with her young master , the master with a married woman , and so on until we reach a count who returns us to the whore .
4 They were still close enough to shore for him to return her to the police if she admitted she was not an experienced ocean sailor .
5 He returned one to the pile and got a larger one .
6 He returned it to the Society and it was agreed that the arrow would be retained from then on as the Papingo Trophy , with each winner adding a gold or silver medal bearing his name and the year of his success .
7 She handed the glass back to him and he returned it to the restaurant .
8 He returned it to the failed initiate without comment .
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