Example sentences of "and returned to " in BNC.

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1 He later said — Goldberg pushed the pad aside and returned to his task of transcription .
2 He pushed the pad aside and returned to his typing .
3 She went into the kitchen , scrambled three eggs and returned to the living room to eat them .
4 He smiled back , dropped the silk in front of her and returned to his drawing .
5 After the object ( a toy car ) had been put at B , the boxes were locked ; with the result that most of the infants went straight to B , could not get in , and returned to A and tried to gain entry to a box which they could see ( whatever ‘ see ’ means here exactly ) was empty .
6 I asked myself and returned to folding the froth into the coffee .
7 The blood cells and plasma are then remixed and returned to the patient , who is conscious throughout .
8 He was in the Lilian Baylis 1937 season at the Old Vic and returned to the Westminster for Pygmalion , Richard III , and more O'Neill , including a memorable portrayal of the old Ephraim Cabot in Desire Under The Elms in 1940 .
9 Ieng Sary , 59 , studied with Pol Pot in Paris , and returned to Cambodia in 1957 .
10 She has a quick word with two of her female friends and returned to me with the words , ‘ Right , Scottish , we go . ’
11 Her mother had once told her scornfully about a crazy book produced on the contemporary new wave of evolutionary theory : a book which abandoned Darwin and returned to his predecessor , Lamark .
12 Then they quietly washed and dried their own hands and returned to the general room .
13 ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’
14 As they crossed the broad reach of the Spree at Elsenstrasse , where tugs were crunching through the ice , Erika pointed out what sights there were to see but Karl merely gave a perfunctory nod and returned to his absorbed stare through his window .
15 Every day he saw Arthur Greeves , who was still living next door , having studied art at the Slade School in London and returned to Belfast with no prospects .
16 All offenders should be supervised after their release and returned to prison to serve out their full sentences if they re-offended .
17 The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office .
18 I edged around the puddles in the garden , where belated rain fell from the yew trees , and returned to my Bed and Breakfast house for a soothing sleep .
19 There they sold half their animals , bought goods with the proceeds , loaded them onto the remaining animals and returned to Kufra , resuming the annual north-south movement .
20 ‘ Terrific , ’ Gareth told Tremayne , bursting into the family room after we 'd dropped Coconut and returned to Shellerton .
21 Lewis , 26 , who meets Commonwealth champion Derek Williams in a triple title fight on April 30 at the Royal Albert Hall , says he has altered his style and returned to the ‘ Lennox of old ’ .
22 After the birth of her second child , Annie began to have religious doubts and returned to her preoccupation with theology .
23 The man bent down and tried to speak to them ; the twins smiled sweetly and returned to their game .
24 His twenty-three year old son who succeeded him , Edward II , chose not to continue the challenge and returned to London and marry Isabella , the daughter of King Philip IV of France .
25 BL came to rely on large cash hand-outs and subsidies , and eventually had to be cut down into its constituent elements and returned to the private sector .
26 On 24 May Cabon told Greenpeace she had to leave and returned to Paris where she was able to report fully on its plans .
27 He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand .
28 He was responsible for the Ruskin School of ’ Art Appreciation in Venice , and returned to Britain intending to continue his work at what was to become known as Ruskin Mill .
29 In Nice he got up early and went to Survage 's room and painted until midday , then took a swig of alcohol , made a face and returned to the canvas .
30 He went about the town on foot , called on various of the sovereigns at their hotels , used his charm and affability on all whom he met — and returned to Paris .
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