Example sentences of "[adv] returned to her [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out .
2 She would have been asleep if the fly had not returned to her hand .
3 After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior .
4 A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers .
5 She glanced round as Melissa entered , alerted by the creak of the heavy wooden door , but immediately returned to her task of removing faded blooms and replacing them with fresh ones .
6 She tried it in English , then returned to her story .
7 Maggie saw Lawler out , then returned to her tea , finishing it in a single swallow .
8 Her mother was still sleeping and Maureen hastily drank a cup of tea then returned to her ambulance .
9 She stood there until he went quiet , stayed a few minutes longer to be certain and only then returned to her cupboard bedroom next to the servants ' loft .
10 After a while , when the sickness had passed , she went to the wash-hand basin to wash and freshen-up , then returned to her seat at the dinner table .
11 Silas spoke to his uncle , then returned to her side .
12 She was not particularly hungry , but she went down to the hotel 's dining-room around eight that evening , then returned to her room to spend a fitful night .
13 I need to know where I can find a woman who has recently returned to her family after having run away with a man called Resenence Jeopardy . ’
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