Example sentences of "return [prep] their " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Talking about me , I hope , boys , ’ Janice said , returning with their drinks on a tray . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Several air missions returning with their bombs still in place , much to the frustration of the pilots . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 11 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 12 | 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 ! ’ |
| 13 | At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk . |
| 14 | Many of the Minpins who had flown away a short while before were now returning on their birds . |
| 15 | For the players , there was the prospect of returning to their day jobs with £50 in their pockets , for the landlord there was a healthy night 's takings and for the crowd , even those who had stayed in the bar all evening , there was a nasty ringing in the ears the next morning . |
| 16 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 17 | The parade dispersed , the Commandos returning to their respective units , and soon the village green was quiet , except for the murmur of French voices as the civilians read the newsheet pinned to a tree . |
| 18 | Cherishing the dream of returning to their homelands , the first generation of Muslims held themselves aloof from British politics . |
| 19 | Glaziers and contract cleaners were also working over the weekend to limit the disruption to tens of thousands of workers returning to their offices today . |
| 20 | It is equally notable that in four other instances , children who later had a choice stayed on with grandparents , rather than returning to their parental home . |
| 21 | ‘ L Detachment on the other hand , had set a minimum standard to which all ranks had to attain and we had to be most firm in returning to their units ( R.T.U. ) those who were unable to reach that standard . ’ |
| 22 | I remember that the very day that the surgeon told me that he thought the cancer was incurable , I saw the swifts returning to their annual nesting-place . |
| 23 | Once the elephants were in their new sanctuary , called Lebong Hitam , the army would dig a trench , with one very steep side and a solar powered electric fence on the other , to keep them from returning to their old haunts . |
| 24 | Most of the men on the plane would have been returning to their families and civilian life in the near future but , alas , they died on a remote and desolate Ayrshire hillside before they had seen their homes and families again . |
| 25 | However , when Bob was nine-years-old , the Fitzsimmons family cut their ties with Britain and moved to Lyttelton , New Zealand — never returning to their homeland . |
| 26 | Both men were sceptical about ghosts and the supernatural and their jaunt in suitably foggy conditions was aimed at returning to their friends who believed the stories and good-humouredly disprove them . |
| 27 | Both Gerrard and his opposite number Bryan Gunn made outstanding saves in a thrilling climax to the game , and Norwich manager Mike Walker feels his side are now returning to their early season form . |
| 28 | From Pontypridd — Jonathon Mason , Neil Eynon , and Mike Butts all returning to their previous club , Second Division Mountain Ash . |
| 29 | Returning to their home patch after an eight-year lay off , feted as long-lost pillars of pop 's dishevelled community , Madness seem more bemused than triumphant . |
| 30 | Periodically they would devote an entire day to a communal fast , praying , reading aloud from the Bible , attending several sermons , and sharing a simple communal meal in the evening before returning to their homes . |