Example sentences of "return [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest number will be those returning for their second , third , fourth or later terms . |
| 2 | Mahoney coached Newcastle , then simply Gosforth , to their second consecutive John Player Cup triumph in 1977 , returning as their paid director three seasons ago . |
| 3 | It could be speculated that the poem was written after Leapor 's dismissal from Edgcote House , and that her father was extremely angry at her returning as his dependent . |
| 4 | But for the time being I happen to think it best to wait a little , in the hope that something triggers your memory into returning of its own accord . ’ |
| 5 | They had moved their army south from Milfield yesterday , as soon as they were sure by what route the Scots were returning towards their own country , and chosen their position on the northern bank of the Glen water , a mile and more from its confluence with the Till . |
| 6 | Nobody , least of all the press corps plane-spotting outside Incirlik air base , believed the first official tale : that the waves of American aircraft returning with their bomb pods empty had been off on a training exercise . |
| 7 | The fact that the country is surrounded on all sides by South Africa is ‘ not a bad thing ’ : it enables 50,000 Lesothan men to work in South African mines , returning with their ‘ pockets bursting with rands ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Talking about me , I hope , boys , ’ Janice said , returning with their drinks on a tray . |
| 9 | The village boasted a fleet of a dozen or so small fishing boats , which Ashley had seen setting sail at night and returning with their slippery silver haul in the mornings . |
| 10 | Several air missions returning with their bombs still in place , much to the frustration of the pilots . |
| 11 | Petruchio 's servants , speaking prose among themselves , go up to verse for the entry of their master returning with his bride ( Taming of the Shrew , IV.i.120 ) , as do Valentine and Viola on the entry of their master , Orsino ( Twelfth Night , I.iv.9 ) . |
| 12 | Mrs Pigdon , returning with his meal , noted the disgracefully lowered level of the liquor in the brandy bottle and gave him a look that spoke volumes . |
| 13 | Mona Julsrud , the soprano soloist , is well known locally after appearing at Tilford Church , Farnham Maltings and in Godalming , and is returning from her home in Norway for two festival concerts . |
| 14 | She did n't go out drinking or dancing ; she did n't do as one mother she 'd known ( in a story of maternal neglect that I remember feeling was over the top at the time ) and tie a piece of string round my big toe , dangle it through the window and down the front of the house , so that the drunken mother , returning from her carousing , could tug at it , wake the child , get the front door opened and send it down the shop for a basin of pie and peas . |
| 15 | Surely it was too early for Julie to be returning from her dinner date ? |
| 16 | Reactor 4 generated 615 MW of electricity during the period after returning from its biennial shutdown for maintenance work . |
| 17 | The Supreme Council , returning from its Easter recess on April 17 , passed on April 18 a resolution reaffirming the March 11 independence declaration and again calling for negotiations , but offering to refrain from passing any new laws until after May 1 to allow for preliminary consultations . |
| 18 | McFarlane heard the tale on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport in May 1986 , as he and North were returning from their disastrous clandestine trip to Iran . |
| 19 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 20 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 21 | On the 7th of September a monster train of excursionists , under the guidance of Mr. Cook of Leicester , were returning from their wanderings in the land of the mountain and the flood , and nearing the ancient town of Dunbar … when the exclamation was suddenly heard , ‘ The Queen is coming ! ’ |
| 22 | At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk . |
| 23 | American John Tomac , who is also the World Cup holder , will defend his title , returning from his Colorado home to Belgium for the opening round at Houffalize . |
| 24 | The only conclusion that can be drawn from the above correspondence is that Stirling must have had some sort of operation in mind using parachutes during the period when he was returning from his second visit to Sirte . |
| 25 | The Duke of Wellington , returning from his triumphs , could not have been greeted with greater celebration than was Van Cliburn after he won the Tchaikovsky piano competition in Moscow in 1954 . |
| 26 | In the first part of this century a shepherd , returning from his upland pasture near Rennes-le-Chateaux , stumbled and fell into a fissure in the limestone escarpment , breaking his leg . |
| 27 | On returning from his travels he married Susanna , daughter of a London mercer , Thomas Edwards , with a portion of £10,000 . |
| 28 | The second photo shows the GWR loco on loan to the BCR whilst both of their engines were out of commission in 1930 , on the occasion of it being decorated at Craven Arms Station to transport the son of our local MP ( The More Family ) returning from his honeymoon . |
| 29 | Lubor must have seen her returning from his office window , for he was there when she neared the outside door , and , never one to miss an opportunity , ‘ About tomorrow ? ’ he asked . |
| 30 | The Whitby skipper was speaking after returning from his latest controversial adventure on the high seas . |