Example sentences of "return from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Surely it was too early for Julie to be returning from her dinner date ? |
| 4 | Reactor 4 generated 615 MW of electricity during the period after returning from its biennial shutdown for maintenance work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 8 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 9 | 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 ! ’ |
| 10 | At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On returning from his travels he married Susanna , daughter of a London mercer , Thomas Edwards , with a portion of £10,000 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Whitby skipper was speaking after returning from his latest controversial adventure on the high seas . |
| 19 | Luckily , Taffy returning from his annual holiday remembered that there was a complete Tacker in the factory of a local manufacturer still being operated . |
| 20 | Some weeks after returning from my exploits in Alaska and Siberia , I was invited to give a lecture on the trip to the Overseas League meeting in the Empress Hotel , Victoria . |
| 21 | returning from my prolonged Summer break , I was initially almost as sceptical as the Tory faithful at Blackpool that John Major faces a leadership crisis . |
| 22 | Returning from our detour , what , if anything , can be said about regulated and publicly owned companies compared with public liability companies ? |
| 23 | MIDDLESEX returned from their pre-season tour to Portugal last night with grave concerns about their fast bowlers . |
| 24 | In addition , through a well-established tradition of legislative lobbying coupled with the complete juxtaposition of vested interests , the corporate businesses which largely control the extremely lucrative coal mining industry in Appalachia have ensured that while the profits returned from their increasingly automated ‘ long-wall ’ style of mining are being safely accumulated , the mineral taxes which they pay are derisory |
| 25 | As the couple returned from their honeymoon to Balmoral , romance was still very much alive . |
| 26 | Four months after the Eliots returned from their disagreeable holiday in North Africa , he contracted a virus and was forced to stay in bed for two weeks ; once more the rhythm of illness and flight from illness established itself . |
| 27 | Helen was called home to help her sister , Irene , in her employment and during this ten-week secretarial stint she and Edward met frequently on the Common as Helen returned from her work . |
| 28 | Much later , when she returned from her walk with Rosie , she found her mama-to-be inspecting the nursery floor with Nanny . |
| 29 | The next morning , when she returned from her early visit to the estate office , Delia Sutherland found Frank Grimwood waiting to speak to her . |
| 30 | He waited until she returned from her aunt 's hut , and stepped out into the path in front of her . |