Example sentences of "return [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim Pollard , the Marketing Director , even extended the courtesy of collecting me from and returning me to Birmingham Airport . |
| 2 | ‘ Returning me to Milan , indeed ! |
| 3 | Labour proposes to get rid of Trust status hospitals , returning them to local authority control and substituting for the internal market a series of performance agreements boosted by incentives . |
| 4 | Within this context of greater freedom for all schools , we will end the two-tier system created by Grant Maintained Schools and City Technology Colleges by returning them to the strategic planning framework of the local elected education authority . |
| 5 | Two copies of each of these Agreements are now being sent by mail to you , and I would ask you to arrange for signature of these documents by Three Vee Ltd , before returning them to us for signature . |
| 6 | Lucky Langdon , who is not normally a cautious person , believes this is unlikely , given the current opinion poll rating , and that the best bet wold be the Conservatives winning the most seats , but without an overall majority — thus returning them to power as a minority government . |
| 7 | Johnson , in his periodic spring cleanings , had a habit of donning large gloves and lustily banging his books together amid clouds of dust before returning them to their shelves shaken and contused . |
| 8 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 9 | He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 10 | Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night . |
| 11 | We used to go through the ritual of taking people off beta blockers , performing exercise tests , returning them to beta blockade and repeating the test . |
| 12 | Lawbreakers have placed themselves outside of society by committing their offences , but the penal process should ultimately aim at returning them to society as full members . |
| 13 | Looking at the matter generally , I can not believe that that could conceivably have been the intention of Parliament when passing the Children Act 1989 and thereby , if Judge Galpin is right , taking away from children within England and Wales the right to have an order made in their best interests by returning them to where they ought to be , which was a right which those children had , and parents acting on their behalf were able to claim in the courts , until 14 October 1991 . |
| 14 | The work consisted of laying out costumes in the appropriate dressing rooms in advance of the required changes , rescuing those from the previous number and returning them to Wardrobe , checking for damage , separating out for laundry . |
| 15 | ‘ I was angry ! ’ he admitted , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his trousers as he studied her , his eyes traversing her slender form , raking over the tangle of dark hair , her susceptible grey eyes , her full , sensual mouth , before lowering them in slow appraisal of her trim figure then returning them to her querulous expression . |
| 16 | ‘ Jared , ’ said his wife in the motor returning them to the embassy , ‘ was that necessary , or wise ? ’ |
| 17 | When Macbeth returns in a trance , still grasping the bloody daggers , Lady Macbeth illustrates her strength by returning them to Duncan 's chamber . |
| 18 | First , the practice of grazing calves from May until late July on permanent pasture , then moving these to hay or silage aftermath before returning them to the original grazing in late autumn . |
| 19 | ‘ None the less , returning you to Milano before tomorrow would be . ’ |
| 20 | Love and pride shone from her enormous black eyes as , ever tender , she lifted her grandson and held him against her grubby sweater for a long moment before returning him to his crib . |
| 21 | Even if removing Mark is justifiable , research suggests returning him to his mother within six weeks would offer the best prospect for successful rehabilitation . |
| 22 | Being disinclined to sleep , Greg sat in the second-class compartment of the train returning him to Manchester , alone apart from a commercial traveller who seemed miraculously disinclined for conversation , and tried to think the case through . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've come to find out what you 've done with Kirsty — and when you intend returning her to Lomond View . ’ |
| 24 | This may mean demolishing the building or returning it to its original use . |
| 25 | I would be grateful if you could confirm your acceptance of this proposal by signing the attached copy of this letter and returning it to me . |
| 26 | When you remove food from the freezer , do n't leave it in a warm atmosphere or allow it to come into contact with unclean hands , surfaces or equipment before returning it to the freezer — you will be at risk of freezing in any contamination . |
| 27 | I am returning it to you in case it can be of use to someone else . |
| 28 | Zhukov clucked his tongue in a gesture of regret and replaced the cork in the bottle , returning it to the shelf . |
| 29 | In this case police officers saw the defendant take a flick knife from his pocket and give it to a friend to inspect before returning it to his pocket . |
| 30 | In 1968 , the Kittyhawk was purchased with the intention of returning it to flying condition . |